[10:27] All right. Good morning, everybody. I'm

[10:29] going to open up this YL County Board of

[10:32] Commissioners formal session on August

[10:34] 27th at 10 a.m. and I will lead us in

[10:37] the flag salute.

[10:42] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[10:45] United States of America and to the

[10:47] republic for which it stands, one nation

[10:51] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[10:54] justice for all.

[10:58] Thank you. That brings us up to our

[11:02] calendar session. Is there any changes?

[11:06] » Uh public comment. If you're here to

[11:08] make public comment, raise your hand. Or

[11:10] if you're online, raise your virtual

[11:12] hand.

[11:17] Seeing none, we'll move on. Department

[11:20] updates, there's none. Work session,

[11:22] there is none. Consent agenda.

[11:25] >> Sure. I'm going to move that we we

[11:27] remove this. And I'd just like to add a

[11:30] few comments about it. The process was

[11:32] not followed to uh advertise

[11:36] this uh vacancy or this this change. Um

[11:40] and also they're going to uh add other

[11:44] members. They need it needs to be

[11:45] advertised. If you look at the bylaws,

[11:48] it talks about um

[11:51] uh we will advertise the openings and

[11:54] newspapers of general circulation on

[11:56] both the county and YCT YCA websites and

[12:01] then the appointees will will uh submit

[12:03] the appropriate application. So, I just

[12:05] want to make sure that we're getting it

[12:07] out widely.

[12:08] >> Are you talking about for the transit

[12:12] specifically, not the minutes? No, not

[12:14] the

[12:15] >> Okay. Um

[12:18] I think we I don't know about the

[12:20] newspaper. We I'd have to ask Cynthia,

[12:22] but um there's several openings in that

[12:26] committee for a long time at this point.

[12:29] >> So, a couple of things.

[12:30] >> And Brandon's been on the board. Sorry

[12:32] to interrupt. Brandon's been on the

[12:33] board for uh for a while and was

[12:38] unanimously, you know, just as chair,

[12:43] >> right? I I did speak to Frank Sheridan

[12:45] who's been on the board.

[12:47] >> Quite a long time and was was kind of

[12:50] perplexed as to why he was being

[12:52] removed. Uh was was kind of, you know,

[12:56] he's been he's been on it. Uh he

[12:58] represents the West Valley and he's been

[13:00] on um he's been on the uh committee for

[13:03] a long time. So I did have some

[13:05] reservations about that, but it's

[13:06] there's nothing about that. But I just

[13:09] there were a couple of things that um in emailing Cynthia, I think you might

[13:14] have been copied on those.

[13:16] >> Um the application

[13:20] um is is kind of hard to find

[13:23] [clears throat]

[13:23] >> and she's going to ask them to add it to

[13:26] the website, but to find it, it's a

[13:28] little ownorous. You have to go to the

[13:30] bottom of the website, look for YCTAC.

[13:33] Um, even though the website is designed

[13:35] primarily for writers, we're trying to

[13:38] get because there was a an application

[13:40] for membership on there, but that had

[13:43] not been uh advertised widely.

[13:46] >> Yeah, it is hard to find. I I agree with

[13:48] you.

[13:48] >> But I mean, you did have there was an

[13:50] application from a uh Jessica.

[13:54] >> Yeah. Who just came in. We haven't had a meeting since that one.

[13:57] She just uh emailed this week.

[14:00] Um,

[14:01] >> so if there's not a super rush, then we

[14:04] can just put this off to a further

[14:05] meeting basically. Is that what you're

[14:07] requesting?

[14:07] >> Yeah, because then Cynthia sent out uh

[14:10] an email to Jessica who had applied and

[14:13] said she wanted to speak with her a

[14:15] little bit more. So, I think this might

[14:17] be a little premature. I just want to

[14:19] make sure that we're doing everything

[14:21] according to what the bylaws

[14:24] >> uh recommend.

[14:25] >> Yeah, this one's not Jessica. This is

[14:27] just Brandon, though. So, um, and yeah,

[14:30] I don't have a problem with it. Um,

[14:33] >> we'll just get it ironed out if you're

[14:34] okay moving it out. And that's the

[14:36] request is to move it out.

[14:37] >> Yes.

[14:37] >> Okay.

[14:38] >> So, I make a motion to remove uh consent

[14:41] agenda item G1

[14:44] and move to approve.

[14:46] You want all one motion, Ken, or you

[14:48] want me to separate motions?

[14:50] >> Um, per the procedures, any commissioner

[14:52] can request something be removed from

[14:54] it. So that would just that item would

[14:56] move down into other business and so

[14:58] then you can move

[14:59] >> and do you need a vote on that though?

[15:01] No. No. Okay. So

[15:02] >> um so it's a move to approve the consent

[15:04] agenda minus item one.

[15:07] >> So I move to approve the consent agenda

[15:10] um with item G1 removed. Is there any

[15:14] further discussion?

[15:15] >> None.

[15:16] All those in favor signify by

[15:18] saying I. I.

[15:19] >> I. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you

[15:21] for that. H is old business. There is

[15:24] none. I is other business. I one is

[15:26] consideration of approval of a board

[15:27] order in the matter of delegating

[15:29] signing authority to department heads

[15:31] for all student affiliation agreements.

[15:38] Who's got info on this?

[15:42] » The volume inside the room having a hard

[15:45] time hearing us. What if we get up on

[15:47] the mic? Is that better?

[15:48] >> Yeah,

[15:49] >> that's better. Okay.

[15:50] >> Okay.

[15:51] >> I can speak to this one, chair. Um, this

[15:54] is to my knowledge mostly about HHS. So,

[15:58] currently they have students who come do

[16:00] their clinical hours at HHS and

[16:02] sometimes Lindsay can sign those

[16:04] agreements and sometimes she can't and

[16:06] so we're trying to make it a universal

[16:08] um easier process

[16:10] >> and that was just an internal thing

[16:11] where sometimes she

[16:12] >> sometimes they're IGAS and so by per

[16:15] procurement law she's not allowed. So

[16:17] this will

[16:18] >> so we're streamlining.

[16:19] >> Okay, good.

[16:22] I would move approval. All right. Any

[16:24] further discussion?

[16:25] >> None.

[16:26] All those in favor signify by

[16:27] saying I. I. I. Motion passes

[16:29] unanimously. Thank you. I2's

[16:32] consideration of approval of a board

[16:33] order in the matter of amending board

[16:35] order 26-218

[16:37] to remove tax lot numbers R4316

[16:41] CB0000500

[16:44] R5512000690

[16:48] and R431

[16:51] 7D

[16:52] 042000

[16:54] from the tax foreclosed property auction

[16:57] list

[17:00] approval

[17:01] Motion's been made. Why are we removing

[17:03] these?

[17:03] >> So, these are properties um that were

[17:06] requested by our parks manager that we

[17:08] pull back and take another look at

[17:10] because they're close to parks.

[17:12] >> Got it. All those in favor signify by

[17:15] saying I.

[17:17] >> I. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

[17:20] Three is con I3 is consideration of

[17:21] approval amendment number one to an

[17:23] intergovernmental agreement between

[17:25] Yamill County Transit Authority and

[17:27] Washington County Board Order 25-129

[17:30] to include Washington County's stiff

[17:33] plan effective August 27th 2026 through

[17:37] June 30, 2027.

[17:39] >> Move approval.

[17:40] >> Motion's been made. Any further

[17:42] discussion?

[17:43] >> None. All those in favor signify by

[17:45] saying I. I.

[17:46] >> I.

[17:47] >> Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

[17:49] I force consideration of approval to

[17:51] submit a letter in support of Marian

[17:53] County's filing of an OS183.390

[17:59] rulemaking petition brought to us by

[18:01] Commissioner Starret.

[18:03] >> Thank you chair and our HHS director

[18:05] Lindsey Man is here and just sort of

[18:07] flesh out the details. But the reason

[18:09] why this is so important is since June,

[18:12] we've had this discussion had uh

[18:14] discussions with Marian County and we've

[18:16] also talked about it on our local

[18:18] government advisory committee through

[18:20] HHS talking a little bit about some of

[18:22] the concerns that um uh OA is really not

[18:27] being receptive to the concerns we have

[18:29] about uh safety issues. So what this is

[18:32] really doing is asking them, it is a

[18:34] petition to require them OA to do a a

[18:38] public comment period to take input

[18:40] about some of the concerns about uh

[18:42] residential facilities that they are in

[18:44] their rulemaking process not hearing the

[18:47] counties about. So uh maybe director

[18:49] Manfren can talk a little bit about this

[18:51] and why we're recommending that uh the

[18:53] board uh send this letter.

[18:57] >> Okay. Is this on?

[18:59] >> Yeah.

[18:59] >> Okay. Thank you. There's no more lights

[19:01] so I can't tell. Uh so thank you for

[19:03] bringing this. I think uh to be really

[19:05] clear the ask is to support Marian

[19:09] County's request to go through a

[19:11] process. So it's not dictating any

[19:13] specific outcome at this point. Really

[19:15] just looking at going through the

[19:16] process. Yamho County doesn't operate

[19:18] any residential programs themselves.

[19:21] However, we do have staff who work in

[19:24] residential programs through a contract

[19:27] to provide the behavioral health

[19:28] supports within that facility. And the

[19:31] main things that I'm really concerned

[19:33] about right now are some of the language asks that have not

[19:38] been uh moved forward are really around

[19:40] safety of staff. We have not had issues

[19:44] that have um come up, but our programs

[19:46] are are relatively small. And quite

[19:48] honestly, the the concerns that we have

[19:50] are that these do happen in other

[19:52] facilities and they could just as easily

[19:53] happen in ours. And we want to have the

[19:55] protections in place to make sure that

[19:57] we have the tools at our disposal to say

[19:59] things like it is not okay for people to

[20:03] carry weapons in residential facilities.

[20:06] It is not okay for people with the

[20:08] behavioral health behaviors that are uh

[20:10] requiring them to be in the facility to

[20:12] be consuming alcohol and drugs and

[20:14] things like that that we know will

[20:15] exacerbate the concerns that we're

[20:17] already trying to manage and therefore

[20:19] create safety risks. There's other

[20:20] pieces in there around some of the admin administrative issues. We have

[20:26] less of those because again we're not um actually administering the program.

[20:32] We're just providing service on-site.

[20:34] However, in looking at the request from

[20:35] Marian County, they all seem incredibly

[20:37] reasonable to me.

[20:39] >> And the really important thing is is

[20:41] really safety to um to the staff because

[20:44] this doesn't the way it's written now is

[20:47] it you have something has to happen to

[20:49] someone before you can take action. Uh a

[20:52] staff uh or the organization can take

[20:54] action. Now, we're saying, "Hey, wait a

[20:56] second. If it's looking like there's a

[20:57] threat here, we need to be able to have

[20:59] the ability to say you this is might not

[21:01] be an appropriate placement."

[21:03] Absolutely. And I would add in addition

[21:05] to safety of staff, in addition to uh

[21:08] safety of the other residents there,

[21:09] right? We we have to be concerned about

[21:11] all people living in that environment.

[21:13] Uh and while we want to maintain as much

[21:15] autonomy as we can in facilities like

[21:18] that for each individual, we also have

[21:19] to maintain the safety of those around

[21:21] them.

[21:22] >> Thank you.

[21:23] So with that, I would move approval.

[21:25] >> Appreciate that.

[21:26] >> Signing that letter and submitting it.

[21:28] >> I appreciate it. Any further discussion?

[21:30] >> Thank you both.

[21:32] >> Okay. All those in favor signify by

[21:34] saying I

[21:35] >> I motion passes unanimously. Thank you.

[21:38] Thanks, Lindsay.

[21:39] >> Thank you, Lindsay.

[21:40] >> Jay is public hearings. There is none.

[21:43] >> Chair, um before we move on, we had the

[21:45] item that was removed from the consent

[21:48] agenda and it would be I it now be item

[21:51] five for discussion if there's needing

[21:53] to be discussion or any action taken.

[21:55] >> Um sounds like there was some discussion

[21:58] already. Uh do you want to make a motion

[22:00] to

[22:02] >> Well, I just want to make sure that

[22:03] Okay. So, you're right. We are just

[22:05] voting on replacing uh Mr. Sheridan and

[22:09] then the other application that came in.

[22:12] I want to make sure that that is because

[22:16] my understanding from lots of emails

[22:18] back and forth with Cynthia is the

[22:20] application came in and it was pretty

[22:23] much just a foregone conclusion that was someone who's going to be added

[22:27] to the committee. No, I I that's not the

[22:29] way I understood that one. Oh, sorry.

[22:31] Ken wants to

[22:32] >> Well, I was gonna because it's my

[22:34] understanding there was a request on the

[22:36] agenda. There was a request to remove

[22:37] that because the committee hadn't had a

[22:40] chance to do the review and make a

[22:41] recommendation to the board on the

[22:43] appointment as far as the process goes.

[22:45] >> So, um that's why it was removed from

[22:48] the agenda. Um and the action that was

[22:51] before you is to not

[22:54] appoint Brandon. He he his term is

[22:56] current. it's appoint him as chair which

[22:59] is required per the bylaws that the

[23:01] board appoints the chair for that and so

[23:03] that was the request coming forward it

[23:05] wasn't to extend renew because Brandon's

[23:09] term is still through 2027

[23:12] next year so I just wanted to clarify

[23:15] both the agenda item but then the other

[23:17] item it was on the agenda but it was

[23:19] removed because of uh there's still some

[23:22] steps in the process that hadn't been

[23:24] done yet

[23:24] >> and the the backstory on on Brandon um

[23:29] and Frank. there was in my understanding

[23:31] was general consensus and a vote to to

[23:36] that um Frank would still be on the

[23:38] committee um and have his institutional

[23:41] knowledge of the system and uh but

[23:44] Brandon spends a lot of time in Salem

[23:47] and so he would be uh kind of advocating

[23:49] as chair of that committee um for

[23:53] funding or while during the long session

[23:56] this next this coming year. So that's

[23:59] why we um decided to to put Brandon at

[24:03] the as chair or why they decid I don't

[24:05] think I'm a voting member on that one

[24:07] but um why they decided to put Brandon

[24:10] as chair instead of Frank. So there was

[24:13] nothing against the Yeah. Frank and I

[24:15] think Frank agreed with that at the

[24:16] time, but

[24:18] >> Okay. Well, I spoke with him and he he

[24:20] was sort of a little little surprised by

[24:23] it. And I don't want to, you know,

[24:25] overstep. Obviously, if the committee

[24:27] made that made that decision, they do

[24:28] have per the bylaws the ability to do

[24:31] that. But I want to make sure because in

[24:33] reading these emails

[24:36] um reading these emails from Cynthia,

[24:39] she said, "Yeah, I basically kind of

[24:41] overstepped I think this might have been

[24:44] in in regard to uh Jessica's application

[24:48] uh that there was some the process

[24:50] wasn't filed followed."

[24:52] >> Correct.

[24:52] >> But as far as the chair appointing the

[24:54] chair, the committee does have the

[24:56] authority to do that and then the board

[24:58] would

[24:59] >> they don't they we we have to approve.

[25:02] Yeah,

[25:02] >> the they the committee has the authority

[25:06] to appoint a chair or to

[25:09] >> recommend

[25:10] >> to nominate a chair and then the board

[25:11] would approve it. Correct.

[25:13] >> So that's where we are today. I just

[25:15] want to make sure that um in terms of

[25:17] the discussion that went on um at the

[25:20] meeting that that the b that everything

[25:22] was followed so it wasn't just a we're

[25:24] going to submit we wanted we want this

[25:27] to submit it to the board of

[25:28] commissioners. Yeah, I I I think it was,

[25:30] but I I don't have the emails in front

[25:31] of me. I don't But

[25:33] >> okay,

[25:34] >> but we can table this to another day to

[25:35] double check the make sure that the

[25:37] process was for bylaws till next week.

[25:40] I'd be fine with that.

[25:41] >> Okay, that would be great. And also want

[25:42] to make sure that we are advertising the

[25:45] uh anytime we want somebody else on on

[25:48] it because I think we you know I'd

[25:49] really like to make sure and I know

[25:51] there there might be a a disability

[25:53] designation in this particular

[25:55] application which is is great but we

[25:57] also would like to cast the net pretty

[25:59] widely for veterans and folks who use

[26:04] system. So I just want to make sure

[26:05] we're following those bylaws.

[26:07] >> Yeah. And I was just going to add just a

[26:08] reminder because the way this committee

[26:10] is set up there specific categories. It

[26:12] it's there's there's some at larger

[26:15] general positions but then there's

[26:17] representatives for small cities,

[26:19] representatives for seniors,

[26:21] representatives for uh disabilities, you

[26:23] know. So there is criteria because this

[26:25] also serves as our uh stiff committee as

[26:29] well and and follows that statutory

[26:31] language on the composition of the

[26:33] committee as well. And I did identify I

[26:36] think some of the confusion because I

[26:38] scrambling to try to get to the roster.

[26:40] I found that we have a broken link on

[26:42] our website that isn't taken to the

[26:45] committee page and I had to do some

[26:47] searches to get there. So I already have

[26:49] a request into Cynthia and Kevin to get

[26:51] that fixed um and make sure that we're

[26:54] getting the vacancies posted as well.

[26:55] But I think the the first thing is most

[26:58] people are going to go through the

[26:58] county website and that was a broken

[27:00] link. It it went to the page not found.

[27:02] So we'll get that resolved.

[27:04] >> Okay. Okay. So, if we could just put

[27:06] this off till next week, we can try to

[27:07] figure out where we're maybe not not uh

[27:11] following the rules here.

[27:12] >> Yeah. Yeah, that's great.

[27:14] >> Thank you.

[27:14] >> So, but this one's just appointing

[27:17] Brandon. Do you want to wait on that

[27:18] also and just get to the frame?

[27:20] >> Just so that we can get everything

[27:22] squared away because I think there's a

[27:23] lot of confusing and confusion and

[27:25] Cynthia was saying, "Hey, maybe I didn't

[27:27] follow the process, but I want to make

[27:28] sure that did or didn't happen." That's

[27:31] all. So, you want to call that item I

[27:35] five then, Ken, and vote on it, or are

[27:38] you good?

[27:41] >> Uh, it's okay if it's on the agenda and

[27:43] it's no action and there's consensus and

[27:46] we'll bring it forward next.

[27:47] >> Okay. So, we're going to take no action

[27:49] on

[27:51] item G1 and it'll be on a future

[27:55] agenda. Okay,

[27:57] >> cool. Moving on, we're going to go to

[28:00] there is no public hearings which is JK

[28:02] as announcements and we'll go to

[28:04] Commissioner King.

[28:06] >> Thank you. Uh minor short this week.

[28:09] Lots of emails and phone calls but uh

[28:12] last week of summer. So spent quite a

[28:14] bit of time with my kids. So thank you

[28:19] for sir.

[28:20] >> We had our our meeting our monthly

[28:22] meeting of the suicide prevention

[28:23] coalition. And I want to thank uh

[28:25] Kelsey's doing a great job of getting a

[28:27] variety of different stakeholders

[28:28] together. One of the things we talked

[28:30] about was a youth outreach uh project, a

[28:33] banner project to get messages of hope

[28:35] regarding suicide prevention more

[28:37] broadly in the schools and different

[28:39] things. something else which is new and

[28:40] every time you turn around there's

[28:42] another threat to our to the mental

[28:44] health and well-being of our youth but

[28:46] apparently kids are using AI as therapy

[28:51] uh therapy for chat where they're going

[28:53] to AI and asking them for help with

[28:55] their mental health issues and there was

[28:57] a particular problem where one one

[28:59] individual died by suicide after getting

[29:02] some um shall we say um tragic advice

[29:05] from AI so there's more now looking at

[29:08] well how do we look at this type of a

[29:09] new threat towards the um the well-being

[29:12] of our kids. Talked a little bit about

[29:14] what uh the suicide prevention coalition

[29:16] is doing through HHS with the safer home

[29:19] kits, which is locking up pills, um

[29:22] cable locks for firearms, different

[29:24] things like that. And also they did

[29:26] present at the mental health

[29:27] disabilities advisory committee. want to

[29:29] thank Bailey for for being there for the

[29:32] uh bringing up uh what they've been do

[29:35] what they've been doing which is

[29:36] training and support in schools and

[29:38] community support. Uh also we had our

[29:41] CCO board meeting and we're going to be

[29:43] having another meeting the executive

[29:44] committee another meeting on Monday

[29:46] talking about what is the forecast for

[29:48] what CC's are going to CCOs are going to

[29:50] look like in the future in Oregon and

[29:52] there are lots of challenges because of

[29:54] HR1 and there was a rate update and

[29:57] what's the big picture for what is what

[29:59] is our CCO going to look like the

[30:01] provider for Oregon health plan

[30:04] also had the housing authority board

[30:07] meeting on Tuesday night uh update on

[30:10] the McMinnville CDBG, the Oregon Healthy

[30:13] Homes participants, they're trying to

[30:15] get folks who can uh qualify to have

[30:18] their their homes uh

[30:21] I guess there's a lot of rehab going on

[30:23] for climate issues. Veterans Restore and

[30:26] Health Safety Grant. A lot of the

[30:28] participants have been selected and the

[30:30] Church Street remodel. Many of you who

[30:32] have followed the process through the

[30:34] foreclosure and the donation of the

[30:36] Church Street project from uh the the

[30:40] county, the remodeling is completed

[30:42] following completion of construction

[30:44] activities. Three brokers have provided

[30:47] um appraisals for this property from

[30:51] 430,000 to 435. What they're going to

[30:54] wind up doing is offering this home,

[30:56] which was a county property. It's been

[30:58] completely rehabbed and it's beautiful

[31:00] and it's going to wind up um going to

[31:03] one of the families that's been working

[31:05] with the housing authority on on getting

[31:07] their finances in order. It's a

[31:09] significant investment and this is what

[31:11] we've been doing typically with the

[31:12] properties that we have been we can't do

[31:15] that anymore but uh but anyhow and then

[31:19] um also folks have been reaching out

[31:21] about the situation at waste management

[31:23] and the transfer station in Newberg and

[31:26] there was another closure temporarily

[31:28] been in touch with waste management uh

[31:31] management and they're saying basically

[31:33] there's stuff coming in from other areas

[31:35] because of backlogs and and bottlenecks

[31:38] in other areas. So, they're just really

[31:41] trying to address that, but it's causing

[31:43] problems. I'm more concerned about the

[31:45] illegal dumping that could occur as a

[31:47] result of folks pulling up in a pickup

[31:49] truck filled with stuff that they can't

[31:51] and they're going to I'm not taking this

[31:52] home. So, we're we're taking a look at

[31:54] that and hoping we can we can mitigate

[31:56] that. also got another email from

[31:58] somebody who wanted Ricology to uh take

[32:02] their uh bottle recycling and uh so

[32:06] we've reached out to Ashley who is going

[32:08] to be dealing with these particular

[32:10] contracts to find out hey can they right

[32:12] next door to a winery and they're saying

[32:14] hey how come I can't pay them to take my

[32:16] bottles and my glass when the winery's

[32:18] getting that pickup so working with

[32:20] Recology through Ashley another question

[32:22] has come up having to do with flock

[32:24] cameras as you know flock cameras have

[32:27] sort of become a controversial as they

[32:29] become more ubiquitous. There are some

[32:32] congressional investigations into what

[32:34] they're actually doing with that data.

[32:36] But I reached out to the city of Newberg

[32:38] because apparently there's one on

[32:40] college. Reached out to ODOT. They say

[32:42] no, we do not currently allow flock

[32:45] cameras in our right of way. And I'm

[32:47] told that they're looking into ways they

[32:49] could allow them in the future. So, we

[32:51] need to keep an eye on that because what

[32:53] the flaw cameras do is they are taking a

[32:56] picture of every license plate and every

[32:58] car that goes by. But what are they

[33:00] doing with that? Is that a is that a

[33:02] violation of constitutional rights and

[33:04] that there's no warrant here, but you're

[33:05] capturing that type of of of

[33:07] information. So, um, anyway, that's

[33:10] something we need to watch out for at

[33:12] ODOT. And also reached out to Rachel

[33:14] Thomas in, uh, she's taken the place of Will Worthy who's on vacation. And

[33:19] she said, "The only cameras we have are

[33:22] speed and red light cameras at Villa and

[33:24] 99W and a speed camera on 99W heading

[33:28] into downtown. There have been rumors

[33:30] about the Flock cameras, and she says it

[33:33] might be the ODOT um, road construction

[33:36] cameras." So anyway, folks have been

[33:38] reaching out just trying to find out

[33:40] what these cameras are.

[33:42] >> All right,

[33:43] fair war meeting was last Thursday. It

[33:45] went well. Uh and we hit a record

[33:47] attendance uh this year. Uh we were

[33:49] 31,000ish last year and we were over

[33:52] 36,000

[33:53] this year. So yeah, we were up across

[33:56] the board between 18 and 30% on our

[33:58] vendors. So all in all, great fair. It

[34:02] continues to be well. So, we need to

[34:04] keep kind of keeping track of that far

[34:06] as what it looks like to upgrade our

[34:08] fairgrounds. I know there's fairs in our

[34:11] vicinity that are struggling, but we are

[34:14] the opposite of that. We keep growing.

[34:16] Uh we keep doing better every year, and

[34:18] so we need to make sure that we pay

[34:21] attention. Uh Monday, um we gave a tour

[34:25] as parkway committee to our uh hired on

[34:29] grant writers for the by Newberg Dundy

[34:31] bypass.

[34:33] going to be for in preparation for next

[34:36] spring in the event that the federal

[34:39] government releases a rural grant,

[34:41] infogrant or uh mega grant opportunity

[34:44] for us to um basically ask for federal

[34:48] funding uh to complete the bypass. So,

[34:51] we started at phase at the very um well

[34:56] the Rex Hill end of phase 2B. Uh there's

[35:00] no construction there, but we're in the

[35:02] process of purchasing right ofway for

[35:04] that. It was very nice of ODOT to have

[35:07] their staff that have been working on

[35:08] this for a lot of years. They could sit

[35:11] there, we park, and they can talk

[35:13] intelligently while we're standing there

[35:15] looking where we're at in these phases.

[35:17] So, we stopped there. We stopped at

[35:18] Shahalum Glenn Golf Course where the

[35:20] bypass will come down through. Uh there

[35:23] was some explanation of hurdles uh on

[35:25] property acquisitions and then we moved

[35:28] on to the current construction phase

[35:30] which is 2A at Wooki and discussed uh

[35:35] traffic and how it's going to help not

[35:37] solve but help and then what other

[35:39] overpasses will be going in there with

[35:41] phase 2B when they connect into Rex

[35:43] Hill. And then we went on to the last

[35:46] not necessarily phase but it will

[35:49] interact with which is McDougall

[35:51] interchange and we talked about the

[35:53] future roundabout there and how it's

[35:54] going to interact with uh the bypass. So

[35:58] it was a full tour uh showed impacts. Uh

[36:01] the grant writers gathered a lot of

[36:03] information. Hopefully in the next eight

[36:05] months we'll have something prepared for

[36:06] next spring for the federal government

[36:08] or that opportunity if it arises. Um,

[36:11] and it went it was very well attended

[36:14] and it went well. Um, it was a week of

[36:16] ODOT. I had a a meeting Tuesday with

[36:19] ODOT and

[36:22] there's a kickoff meeting for the

[36:25] planning of very preliminary stages. So,

[36:28] you'll start hearing more and more

[36:29] updates probably throughout the year, and a half, uh, for Lafayette

[36:33] Highway and 18 intersection that is the

[36:38] number one most dangerous intersection

[36:40] in the state of Oregon. So, ODOT knows

[36:42] it. It's on their radar. We are in

[36:44] planning. U, we're not fully funded, but

[36:47] we have about a year and a half to two

[36:48] years to as we start, we're fully funded

[36:51] for design, and that's the first phase.

[36:53] And as we progress through that and we

[36:55] start getting designs done, then we'll

[36:56] know costs and then we'll be able to

[36:58] start getting funding and ODOT knows

[37:00] that that is a number one priority to

[37:02] get that project done. So that's

[37:05] starting. Um I'm part of those meetings

[37:07] so I can continually give update on top

[37:09] of parkway committee also being involved

[37:11] in that. Um

[37:15] yesterday was another meeting at ODOT um

[37:18] but it was more geared towards uh the

[37:20] connect Oregon grant funding that's

[37:22] coming through. And so as an a as a

[37:24] member of the act for Yamill County,

[37:26] we're going through and prioritizing uh

[37:29] projects in our region. So it's not

[37:31] necessarily Yill County, it's just our

[37:33] ACT region. So, we had two projects that

[37:37] made the list after the initial rankings

[37:40] and one of them was um the Aurora

[37:45] airport. They want to upgrade access

[37:48] roads around the airport because it's

[37:50] becoming a very popular airport and so

[37:52] they need to upgrade some of the roads

[37:53] for access to that airport. Uh the other

[37:56] one is our own uh airport here in

[37:58] Mcmminville. Um not as much of an ask

[38:02] which is good. We we as a as a committee

[38:05] and we went around the table our

[38:07] different areas of region 2, we agreed

[38:09] to actually move our project up in

[38:12] exchange for moving some other projects

[38:14] down. Um it was a group effort and I

[38:17] thought it went well and um our project

[38:19] at McMinnville is for a new

[38:23] um

[38:26] new airplane terminal. I I say terminal.

[38:29] It's not like a massive. It's like

[38:31] literally just a little house or little

[38:33] office that when we get uh customers

[38:36] coming in, they actually have a place.

[38:37] Right now, it's just a uh temporary

[38:42] um I guess office on wheels is our

[38:45] terminal. Now, the second part of that

[38:47] is there's a World War II hanger there.

[38:49] Right in the middle by the fuel tanks

[38:51] that's going to get upgraded also and taken care of. So, uh it looks good.

[38:57] We've we moved some things around. We're

[38:59] on the list. Um, we'll see if the

[39:01] Connect uh, Oregon uh, committee that

[39:03] chooses see what their rankings are and

[39:05] hopefully we know something in the next

[39:07] few months.

[39:09] Macfire boards tonight at 6:00 p.m.

[39:13] and the state fair starts Friday. If

[39:15] you're into that, I would suggest that

[39:17] you go to it. Our families goes multiple

[39:20] times

[39:22] uh, throughout the I think it's like 10

[39:24] days. So, it goes to September 7th. So,

[39:26] there's multiple days that you can enjoy

[39:28] the opportunity and uh we enjoy it every

[39:31] year. Go get yourself some scones and go

[39:33] to the Dairy Women's Ice Cream Booth. It

[39:36] is the best ice cream.

[39:40] So, if there is nothing else for the

[39:42] good of the order,

[39:45] I'm going to close this out at

Board of Commissioners Formal Session 08/27/2026

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