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Votes at a glance
- Approve $200 in landfill tipping fees for the biannual Ochoco Creek cleanup (motion approved by voice vote).
- Approve donation of Carrie Foster Hall rental fees for the Humane Society’s casino night (motion approved by voice vote).
- Approve road department invoices and contracts related to relife and repairs on a 1999 Caterpillar 140H road grader and related vehicles:
• Invoice for water tank and truck: $223,222.84 — approved.
• Invoice for circle rebuild: $16,793.40 — approved.
• Invoice for full blade rebuild: $206,430.60 — approved.
• Sourcewell contract (solicitation RFP011723) providing a 5-year certified warranty on the relife — approved.
- Approve lease agreement with the State of Oregon Department of State Lands for the Hilltop Mining Site (lease no. 41864-UQ) — approved.
- Approve Amendment 2 to the Transportation System Plan (TSP) contract (adds two public open-house presentations and wrap-up scope); motion authorized to sign the contract out of court and schedule meetings — approved.
- Designate the county manager (Will) to make emergency-closure decisions (weather/emergency closures) as described in the employee handbook — approved.
- Authorize Commissioner Crawford and County Manager John Eisler to draft and sign a letter to the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) and Eastern Oregon counties regarding state wildfire mapping and to prepare a Crook County-specific letter of objection — motions approved.

Details and context
Carol Van Closkey requested continued county support — $200 in tipping fees — for the biannual Ochoco Creek cleanup; Republic Services will donate a dumpster and hauling. The board approved the tipping-fee support by voice vote.

Shanda Wallace, executive director of the local humane society, asked that Carrie Foster Hall rental fees be waived for the organization’s March 29 casino-night fundraiser; commissioners approved that request.

Brad Haines, road superintendent, presented the relife and repair items for a 1999 140H road grader. He said rebuilting the grader (a “relife”) was substantially less expensive than buying new and had been budgeted as a relife. The board approved multiple invoices and a Sourcewell contract that provides certification and a five-year warranty on the relife.

Haines also presented a lease agreement with the State of Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) for the Hilltop Mining Site; the board approved and signed the lease (no. 41864-UQ).

John Eisler described Amendment 2 to the Transportation System Plan contract (extension and additional public open houses focused on Juniper Canyon and Pal Butte options). Commissioners instructed staff to schedule two presentation-style open houses (separate meetings for different communities) and authorized the manager to sign the amended contract out of court once final documents are returned from the consultant.

County manager Will asked to be formally designated to make emergency-closure decisions (bad-weather closures) under language from the employee handbook; the board designated the county manager to make those decisions and to develop an implementation plan for notifying staff and the public.

Finally, commissioners approved two related motions to prepare and sign letters objecting to the state wildfire-hazard mapping process: a multi-county letter to the Association of Oregon Counties and Eastern Oregon counties (authorized to be circulated broadly) and a Crook County-specific letter; Commissioner Crawford and John Eisler were authorized to draft and sign the letters out of court.

All items listed above were approved by voice vote or unanimous aye; when dollar amounts were presented they matched the invoices in the meeting packet.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Crook County Board of Commissioners Regular Session February 5, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Crook County Board of Commissioners approved a package of routine administrative items, including community-cleanup tipping fees, a hall donation for a humane-society fundraiser, multiple road-department invoices tied to a grader relife, a state lands lease and amendments to the Transportation System Plan contract.","taxTitle","Crook County, Oregon","taxId",70323,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6347044,"Residents press Crook County for clearer enforcement of conditional-use permits at Woodward site",530,74000,604000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2246080-0004eb614ec4190cef35d1c004998205&start=74&end=604","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2246080-0004eb614ec4190cef35d1c004998205/thumbnail_74000.jpg","/articles/6347044/Crook-County/Oregon/Residents-press-Crook-County-for-clearer-enforcement-of-conditional-use-permits-at-Woodward-site","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6347044-3306fff6e83d321bad0c1b9d90ba5d54/orig.mp4?Expires=1775927483&Signature=f5ntnqfXRa~unOR0fXjUOLm6lBaD3onicktFSs6LqvZzgHnzU5bTG-O-NevLTcfWkNeAXSDLMck3DGtTdCTh0ILM5hrsq5l4jkgEv-2JpjxXWBGXfLTV6NWPWb3VYibETS70HJtdbW0HUWVjK7WN0UfMhPw7jlKui~-AEykUoUJCqMVofzmWlQfo1AFcUHZiISjsi8G38IG2tFzzgE4svLfo4R8OwNubX2Xt6J2eGO04dH1P3tlEXxJCEo8~9GGvilJ3U7jP9MVuBzauLfn9KsUJt-kujrmit0Y0uNpkLZ61qYIV0slvvHQC2rXP7ToirvncbJZEVu-DTkI1C05WeQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Several residents urged Crook County officials during public comment to clarify how the county enforces conditions attached to conditional-use permits (CUPs), using the Woodward mining site as a specific example.

Adam Mikulski asked whether the county has a process to follow up on CUP requirements or if enforcement relies primarily on citizen complaints. “Do we ask the question? Do we go to the county, or do they look up what it is?” Mikulski asked, noting concerns about vehicle inspections, oil drips and water use at the Woodward site.

John Eisler (county staff) and county managers responded that enforcement depends on the specific condition: some CUPs require periodic reports or state permits to be filed and the county can request those records. Eisler said county staff has been in “pretty frequent contact with Knife River” and would review recent complaints. He added, “We do rely on citizen complaints for a lot of this stuff. But, there's a process in the CUP either through reports or through communication to get that information.”

Commissioners and staff said some aspects of compliance, especially environmental and water-use issues, fall under state agencies such as the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) or the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI). Commissioner Crawford said he had asked DEQ for a checklist distinguishing state violations from nonviolations and would share that guidance when it arrives: “As soon as he gets that to me, I'm gonna send it out to all the people that emailed in so people will know…what to look for.”

Resident Josephine (Grama) Mikulski noted the 2015 CUP for the Woodward site includes a requirement that “the applicant shall submit a dust management plan to and obtain the required permits from the appropriate state agency,” and asked whether the county holds a copy. Eisler said the county has DEQ and DOGAMI permits on file and will check whether the dust-management plan was submitted in 2015.

Commissioners acknowledged frustration from residents about slow responses and repeated complaints, but said staff is actively reviewing recent reports and will form a response. County staff asked residents to follow up in two weeks for an update.

No formal action was taken; the discussion occurred during the public-comment portion of the meeting.","Residents called on the county to do more to monitor and enforce conditional-use permits (CUPs), citing opaque reporting and unanswered questions about dust-management plans and vehicle inspections at the Woodward site.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6347049,"Crook County adopts 2024 Community Wildfire Protection Plan",658,1170000,1828000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2246080-0004eb614ec4190cef35d1c004998205&start=1170&end=1828","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2246080-0004eb614ec4190cef35d1c004998205/thumbnail_1170000.jpg","/articles/6347049/Crook-County/Oregon/Crook-County-adopts-2024-Community-Wildfire-Protection-Plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6347049-7ab70dfefd1975d54d850cdb51e962ac/orig.mp4?Expires=1775927483&Signature=VTMtAllsLf~X85iVz4rhiQU~1g0vY44F0MOKrAmE9jc7xFEBS2F5xCklK5ZWw7qbH7TqrfRnQLGiIfYCPgOxTCB8tdh6qTIILFWonoR~EAGZedS6RDR3143Q5hhG9GKuqG3o29bIx2Ys4D5GGSTE0BCu0nIF7y~Q8HMWH~Fqa-0QWMp0yJhfNhBPWiP2uD7oa9zwMBu8Uzk7blt4d1U4bYY6j08RTxrJsDOWedsrQ8ilmQ4cX6vQlyjevunPNh2BvTu71pcTZ-JipnniSkqOv0tO-11acvyqzYkOrDbLEPQPF-0aDLhRga6NlPx~C-DZRJ54yUuaN7fuSYp0LATDFQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Crook County commissioners voted to adopt the 2024 Crook County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) after a presentation from county staff and representatives of local fire agencies.

The plan updates county wildfire risk assessments, adds new maps and community-specific action items, and identifies six risk assessment areas — Juniper Canyon, Pal Butte, Mackay, Palina, Mowery and 12 Mile — that will guide mitigation and preparedness efforts across Crook County.

The CWPP presents countywide wildfire risk, mitigation priorities and an action plan developed with participation from 16 agencies. Presenter Lake Summers described the plan as “a countywide strategic assessment of the risks, hazards, mitigation, and prevention opportunities associated with wildfire in Cook County communities.” Summers told the board the CWPP does not impose codes or regulations but “identifies priorities for communities to reduce wildfire risk.”

Fire Marshal Russ of Cook County Fire and Rescue thanked Summers and the project team for coordinating the multiagency effort. “These plans are robust,” he said, noting the difficulty of aligning many agencies’ priorities.

Major changes since the 2014 version include new maps, an updated risk-assessment-area framework, social-vulnerability information for Crook County, and guidance added to reflect Senate Bill 762. Summers said the plan’s maps — including a wildland-urban-interface layer, critical infrastructure and predicted flame-length maps — were new to this update and were created so agencies can coordinate treatments and community outreach.

Commissioners discussed the plan’s relationship to state mapping and SB 762; Summers and the fire marshal said the CWPP was developed independently of the state’s wildfire-hazard map and is not a regulatory instrument. “This has nothing to do with 762,” the fire marshal said, adding that the CWPP was intended as a cooperative planning document, not for enforcement or rulemaking.

After brief discussion, a motion to approve the 2024 Crook County Community Wildfire Protection Plan was made and seconded. The board approved the plan by voice vote. Summers said, if adopted, the county would seek signatures from the Crook County Fire and Rescue chief and the Oregon Department of Forestry to finalize the document.

The plan will be reviewed annually by a steering committee, with a full rewrite planned every five years. The CWPP includes community-priority action items by risk area and an appendix of maps intended to help coordination among fire, land-management and emergency-response agencies.","The Crook County Board of Commissioners voted to adopt the 2024 Community Wildfire Protection Plan after a presentation that emphasized updated risk maps, six risk-assessment areas and a nonregulatory action plan developed with 16 agencies.","actionData","errors"]

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