By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Ron Christopher was elected again Tuesday night. Only this time, it was for a different board. Christopher, who has held the Salem-Keizer Transit subdistrict No. 2 seat since May 2009, ran against John Rizzo for the Keizer Rural Fire Protection District Position 1 seat and won handily. Results from [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Earlier, there had been calls to not rush the budget process, using an extra meeting if necessary to get through everything. In the end, the Keizer Budget Committee approved an amended fiscal year 2013-14 budget at its May 9 meeting, going just a few minutes past the scheduled end [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes More funding could be on the way to help fund the parks system in Keizer. Members of the Keizer Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a motion calling for $2 a month to be added to water bills in Keizer. That would create an estimated $336,000 [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes The way U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) sees it, not enough of his colleagues in Congress are being honest enough with constituents. During comments at a Keizer Rotary luncheon May 2, the 5th District representative shared frustration about the lack of information being shared regarding the ongoing budget woes, [...]

  By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes For the most part, things went smoothly at the first budget committee meeting of the season May 2. Except for discussion of a new position for the Keizer Civic Center, that is. City Manager Chris Eppley has proposed adding an Events Center Coordinator position, which would handle some [...]

John P. Rizzo has announced his candidacy for the Keizer Fire District Board Position No. 1 in the May 21 election. “My interest in this is to support and pay back for all the assistance I received during my law enforcement career from fire rescue professionals,” said Rizzo, who first became a state trooper in [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Keizer Planning Commission members looked over figures April 24 that had been discussed and tweaked over the course of several months. Then they were told the numbers weren’t quite right. Two weeks before the meeting, members of the Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA)/Housing Needs Assessment (HNA) task force approved a [...]

Creation of park district in Keizer mulled over by board

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes Dennis Koho went 0-for-3 Monday night. But it wasn’t for a lack of trying. Three times during the April 15 Keizer City Council meeting, Koho tried to amend a motion. Each time, Koho’s amendment was rejected by a 5-2 vote. “I can see how effective I’ve been at persuading [...]

By CRAIG MURPHY Of the Keizertimes There are some positions Keizer city leaders would love to fill. A preliminary glimpse at the 2013-14 budget at a Keizer Long Range Planning Task Force meeting Monday evening showed there could be the budget to fill positions. But the uncertainty is if there would be the revenue stream [...]