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Public Notice

City of Coulee Dam

ORDINANCE ADOPTED

BY THE TOWN OF COULEE DAM

Ordinance 812 – an ordinance fixing the amounts to be raised by Ad Valorem Taxes for the Year 2024.

Ordinance 813 – setting salaries and wages for officers and employees of the town for the calendar year 2024 and repealing ordinance No. 808.

Ordinance 814 – amending the 2023 budget as adopted in ordinance No. 806 and amended in ordinance No. 809.

Full and complete copy of the above ordinances are available by contacting City Hall during normal business hours.

Stefani Bowden, Clerk / Treasurer

(Publish November 15, 2023)

Notice of Public Budget Hearing and Change of Regular Meeting Time

Public Hospital District No. 6

Douglas, Grant, Lincoln,

& Okanogan Counties, Wash.

Public Hospital District No. 6, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln and Okanogan Counties, Washington; which operates Coulee Medical Center and Coulee City Clinic, will conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2024 budget for the aforementioned facilities.

The hearing, open to the public, is Monday, November 27th 2023 at 5:30pm via zoom and in the CMC training room, the zoom information can be found at http://www.cmccares.org.

A summary of the proposed budget is available in advance for interested parties and may be obtained for review by contacting the Chief Financial Officer at Coulee Medical Center.

The regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners meeting for November will be immediately following the budget hearing.

(Publish November 15 and 22, 2023)

Town of Coulee Dam

Public Notice

NOTICE OF

COUNCIL MEETING CONTINUATION

To the citizens of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington, the Town Council of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington has adjourned the November 22, 2023, Regular Council Meeting to Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Stefani Bowden, Clerk/Treasurer

(Publish November 15 and 22, 2023)

Town of Coulee Dam

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

2024 Final Budget Hearing

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Coulee Dam will hold a Final Budget Hearing on, November 29, 2023, 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall. Copies of the 2024 Preliminary Budget are available by contacting Town Hall during normal business hours. All interested persons will be given the opportunity to provide either written or oral comments concerning the 2024 Budget at said Hearing.

Stefani Bowden, Clerk/Treasurer

(Publish November 15 and 22, 2023)

City of Grand Coulee

PUBLIC HEARING

2024 AD VALOREM/REVENUE SOURCES

The city council will hold a public hearing on revenue sources for the 2024 budget, including consideration of possible increases in property tax revenues, on November 21, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. The public hearing will be held in the council chambers of the Grand Coulee City Hall. All interested persons will be given the opportunity to provide both written and oral comments on the revenue sources for the 2024 budget at said public hearing. The city hall is accessible to persons with disabilities.

Lorna Pearce, Clerk Treasurer

(Publish November 15, 2023)

City of Grand Coulee

PRELIMINARY 2024 BUDGET

PUBLIC HEARING

AVAILABILITY OF 2024

PRELIMINARY BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2024 Preliminary Budget Public Hearing will be held by the GRAND COULEE CITY COUNCIL, in the council chambers, 306 Midway Avenue, on November 21, 2023, at 6:00pm. All interested persons will be given the opportunity to provide both written and oral comments concerning the 2024 budget at said public hearing.

A copy of the 2024 Preliminary Budget for the City of Grand Coulee will be available to the public on November 28, 2023, at the City Clerk’s office, 306 Midway Ave., P.O. Box 180, Grand Coulee, WA 99133.

Lorna Pearce, Clerk Treasurer

(Publish November 15, 2023)

Public Notice Announcing

Public Review Period for Adoption of the Odessa

Subarea Special Study Final Environmental Impact

Statement and Record of Decision

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is adopting the 2012 Odessa Subarea Special Study Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) produced by the Bureau of Reclamation in cooperation with the State of Washington, represented by the Washington State Department of Ecology.

The FEIS examined the potential to replace groundwater with Columbia Basin Project water for currently irrigated lands within the Odessa Subarea Special Study Area. The FEIS and Record of Decision identified Alternative 4A: Modified Partial-Replacement-Banks with Limited Spring Diversion Scenario as the selected alternative. Alternative 4A aims to replace acre-for-acre groundwater irrigation on 70,000 acres in the Odessa Subarea with 164,000 acre-feet of new Columbia River diversions. Since Reclamation published the FEIS in 2012, the Odessa Groundwater Replacement Program—a consortium of local, state, and federal partners—has worked towards phased implementation of Alternative 4A. NRCS is adopting the FEIS to support implementation of Alternative 4A. Implementing Alternative 4A will support agriculture and address groundwater depletion impacting agricultural, municipal, industrial, and commercial users in the Odessa Subarea.

NRCS intends to select Alternative 4A as its preferred alternative. NRCS invites agencies and individuals who have special expertise, legal jurisdiction, or interest in the NRCS adoption of the FEIS for the Odessa Subarea Special Study to participate and comment. Changed circumstances or new information will be evaluated to determine if a new or supplemental EIS should be prepared.

Public comments may be submitted until 30 days after the Notice of Availability is published in the Federal Register, which is estimated to be on December 8, 2023. Comments may be emailed to comments@ogwrp-programs.org, submitted online at https://www.ogwrp-programs.org/watershed-plan, submitted via phone at (541) 716-6085, or mailed to Farmers Conservation Alliance, 102 State Street, Hood River, OR 97031.

Additional information is available online at https://www.ogwrp-programs.org/watershed-plan or the NRCS Washington https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/conservation-by-state/washington/nrcs-washington-public-notices.

Encontrará más información en la página web https://www.ogwrp-programs.org/watershed-plan o en la página web de avisos públicos del NRCS de Washington en https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/conservation-by-state/washington/nrcs-washington-public-notices.

USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.

(Publish Nov, 1, 8, 15, 2023)

Notice Of Special Board Meeting

Grand Coulee Dam School District

Board of Directors

November 15, 2023

5:30 p.m. / ZOOM

Notice is hereby given that the Grand Coulee Dam School Board of Directors will be holding a Special School Board Meeting via Zoom Wednesday, November 15th at 5:30 p.m. regrading personnel

(zoom link available on school districts website at http://www.gcdsd.org )

Publish Nov. 15, 2023)

Douglas County Fire Protection District #3

PUBLIC NOTICE

Douglas County Fire Protection District #3 Commissio9ners have approved the 2024 budget. It is on file at the office.

(Publish Nov. 15, 2023)