Annexation is official

The City of Sisters is 340.97 acres bigger, as of last Monday, July 12.

The city's annexation of its entire Urban Growth Boundary, approved by the voters in May, became official on that date, broadening the city to about 920 acres. The increase also brings approximately $9,627,570 in property values into the city's tax base.

The annexation came just in time for the Sisters Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. The church's well, which had been going for some time, according to city public works director Gary Frazee, finally gave up the ghost last week.

Since the church property is now in the city limits, it is able to hook up to the municipal water system right away. If the church had remained outside the city limits, it would have required a vote of city residents to extend water service to the church.

According to city administrator Barbara Warren, the church would have had to wait until September for that vote.

Unlike the annexation of the Bend UGB, which created a massive jump in that city's population, the Sisters annexation added about 56 people to the city population. Sisters' unofficial population figure is 911, according to city planner Neil Thompson.

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