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MILTON FREEWATER GOLF COURSE WILL REMAIN OPEN WITH SOME SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN PLACE

The Milton Freewater Municipal Golf Course, located at 301 Catherine Street, will remain open for their regular hours. There will be some safety protocols in place, effective immediately however.

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  March 17, 2020 revised March 30, 2020

IN A CONTINUING EFFORT TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS, MILTON-FREEWATER CITY HALL OFFICES, PUBLIC WORKS OFFICES & LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTILFURTHER NOTICE

While we will be closed to the public, we will still be open for business via our phone, email systems for our regular office hours of 7:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday.

HEALTH PRECAUTIONS Notice

We at City of Milton-Freewater have been and will continue to take precautions to protect our customers. If you are feeling unwell and need to transact business with us, we ask that you consider one of the alternative processes listed below:

We are pleased to provide you with our Annual Water Quality Report. It is important to us that we keep you informed about the excellent water quality and services we have provided to you over the past year. Our goal is and has always been to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Our City water source comes from a total of four (4) well fields, which consist of seven (7) deep basalt wells.   See link below for the full annual drinking water quality report.  Past reports can be found at the bottom of the Public Works Water Department page.

The City's Spring Clean Up Event will occur on April 17 & 18, 2020.

Click here for the Clean Up Event Flyer

April 3,  2020

February 2020 Flooding - FEMA Disaster Relief Funds available

STATE OF OREGON  FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION FACT SHEET  APRIL 3, 2020

Today, April 3, 2020, President Donald J. Trump granted a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Oregon triggering the release of Federal funds to help people and communities recover from Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides that occurred February 5-9, 2020.  Details of the disaster declaration and assistance programs are as follows:

Application packets are now available for the 2020 Lineman Scholarship. The scholarship is for individuals interested in the outside power lineman, electrical engineering or line staking technician trade.