News/Press Release

A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the City of Milton-Freewater, Umatilla County, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019 will be held in the Albee Room at the Public Library.  The meeting will take place on April 26, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.  The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive public comment on the budget.  A public hearing concerning the proposed uses of State Revenue Sharing Funds will also take place.  The City is proposing the funds be used for public safety purposes.

The Milton-Freewater City Council will host a public comment and prioritization work session regarding its Parks and Recreation Facilities at their next meeting on Monday, April 9, 2018 in the Albee Room at the Milton-Freewater Public Library located at 8 SW 8th Ave.  This will be in collaboration with a Parks and Recreation Local Option Tax Measure being put before the voters and will appear on the ballot May 15, 2018.  Click here for Press Release

On Tuesday, March 27 at 7:30 am through most of the day. City Light &Power will have the intersection of S Main & SE 15th closed for service construction. 
Traffic will be routed around the construction area via SE 14th and S Mill. South Main will be closed from SE 14th to SE 16th and SE 15th will be closed at S Mill St.
Please plan your route accordingly.

On behalf of the Mayor and Council, it is my pleasure to recognize CELSO FLORES as our March 2018 Employee of the Month.

Celso is new to our team, having started with us only 8 months ago! He is a member of our Parks Maintenance Crew where he comes to work every day with a smile on his face and an encouraging word on his lips!

On Tuesday, March 13 Central Middle School, in collaboration with the Milton-Freewater Police Department will conduct a mock active shooter drill to allow the school to practice its procedures if such an event were to occur in real life.  There is no cause for alarm, as this is only a training exercise, but it will likely involve multiple police vehicles and officers at the school, and students will be seen exiting the school building in a pre-arranged manner.

Beginning March 6, 2018 the City of Milton-Freewater has a new recycling program. Click here for more information.

Questions regarding the program please call Public Works at 541-938-8270 or 8272

The scholarship is for individuals interested in the outside power lineman, electrical engineering or line staking technician trade

Click here for more information.

FEBRUARY 2018 EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH

On behalf of the Council and I, it is my pleasure to recognize three employees of the month this month. While I realize this is an unusual number to recognize, as it is normally just one employee at a time, we made a special exception to this norm because these three employees went above and beyond their dangerous normal duties to literally help save a young man in trouble.

SCAM ALERT:
 

Milton-Freewater residents, be aware that there is a scam going on in which citizens are receiving a phone call from a person calling him or herself “Officer Cook” from the Milton-Freewater Police Department.  They then tell the victim citizen that he or she was due in court for jury, and that since they did not show up, they must pay $2000 as some sort of penalty.  The citizen apparently is told they need to stay on the phone line with the perpetrator, then go to City Hall to somehow make the payment.