City of Florence Extends Hand in Mapleton Water Crisis
Water issues in mapleton has prompted the City of Florence to take action to help with the crisis. On Friday the city of Florence opened a water filling station at the Florence Municipal Airport. The City in conjunction with the Eugene Water and Electric Board and Lane County Emergency Management. The distribution equipment was provided by the EWEB for the station. It will be up and running until further notice. Consumers are reminded that once the water is transported from the station in personal containers it is no longer considered potable by standards and should be treated by boiling or by adding 1/8 of a teaspoon of unscented household bleach per gallon of water and then let it stand for 30 minutes. The Mapleton Water District is working to determine the cause of the problem.
Another Tree Pick-up Planned
If you missed out on last week’s Christmas tree pickup by local firefighters, you have another chance coming this Friday. Siuslaw Valley Operations Chief Matt House says only natural, unflocked trees can be recycled.
“Any ornaments has to be removed, any lighting, other accessories Christmas decorations that may be on it needs to be removed. Preferably the tree only.”
House says there’s no cost, but…
“We just ask for donations because then it goes into the association fund and it then goes into scholarships for local kids.”
In order to get on the list for Friday’s pickup, just call the main fire station:
“541-997-3212 and we’ll get your address, swing by pick up the tree and take it to storage area with the city and then they take care of it.”
All the trees will be processed by the City of Florence and eventually wind up as nutrient rich compost.
Council Meeting
The City of Florence offices will be closed today in observance of the New Year Holiday, but will be back open tomorrow. The City council will also meet tomorrow for a special two part meeting that will close out the current council and install the newly elected members of the council.
“Immediately after the adjournment of that meeting will be the oath of office for the incoming council members, so incoming mayor Rob Ward, incoming councilor Jo Beaudreau and councilor Robert Carp.”
City Manager Erin Reynolds says there will also be a recognition of service for the outgoing mayor and councilors from City Staff. The meeting tomorrow will be at City Hall at 5:30.
