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Votes at a glance
- County budget (FY 2025–26): Adopted. Motion to approve adoption and levy taxes passed by unanimous voice vote. (Motion carried; all present voted ‘Aye’.)
- Clatsop County Road District No. 1 budget: Adopted. Unanimous approval.
- Westport Sewer Service District budget: Adopted. Unanimous approval.
- Clatsop County Rural Law Enforcement District budget: Adopted. Unanimous approval.
- Clatsop County 4-H & Extension District budget: Adopted. Unanimous approval.
- Approve amended consent calendar: Adopted. Unanimous approval.
- Proclamation — Westport Wicaykum Ferry Day (06/21/2025): Adopted by resolution; motion carried unanimously.
- Proclamation — Make Music Day (06/21/2025): Adopted by resolution; motion carried unanimously.
- Appointments — Clatsop County Fair Board: Appointed Abby Goodman (term expiring Dec. 31, 2025) and Stephanie Pedraza (term expiring Dec. 31, 2026). Motion carried unanimously.
- Appointment — Recreational Lands Planning & Advisory Committee: Appointed Matthew Grantham to the countywide position. Motion carried unanimously.
- Contract authorization: Authorized County Manager to sign personal-services contract with WHA Insurance Services for insurance-broker services; motion carried unanimously.

Why it matters: The county-level budget vote sets appropriations, tax levies and contingency levels for the coming fiscal year and authorizes district operations. The appointments fill volunteer leadership roles on the county fair board and the recreational-lands advisory committee. The insurance broker contract continues brokered support for property, liability, workers’ compensation and employee-benefit insurance services. Commissioners thanked staff for the budget work and noted several items of future follow-up, including continued attention to projects and appropriations mentioned in the budget.

Process notes: Several public hearings were held prior to adoption of budgets for the county and special districts; the board recessed prior to the evening session and then reconvened for roll call and the formal actions. All recorded motions were adopted by voice vote where the minutes show “Aye” with no recorded dissents.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board of Commissioners June 11, 2025 Work Session & Regular Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","At its June meeting the Clatsop County Board approved the county’s FY 2025–26 budget and multiple special-district budgets, appointed members to the Fair Board and Recreational Lands committee, authorized an insurance broker contract, and proclaimed Westport Ferry Day and Make Music Day.","taxTitle","Clatsop County, Oregon","taxId",55348,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6546124,"Clatsop County managers propose board-rules updates; commissioners debate social media, tone and process",931,1957000,2888000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3806890-3e7b5a19620ace056b71142053eeb231&start=1957&end=2888","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3806890-3e7b5a19620ace056b71142053eeb231/thumbnail_1957000.jpg","/articles/6546124/Clatsop-County/Oregon/Clatsop-County-managers-propose-board-rules-updates-commissioners-debate-social-media-tone-and-process","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6546124-556e3e6d483fdafa37ec1a1f050fc8b8/orig.mp4?Expires=1776563151&Signature=frfHzheVqm3rFGGiPGPpGd77CmdZGWOP3NDlzLT8QhOj9~GPQ4ArLkjqFN-Ce5AnMdtjw673SHNoqDy2T3JWShJfx302AB860-m0O-CAgtOjH3ASKdLYZd7xQidCN7Fve21UHa8n6S06-qXx~Ag95C9Af58Ky74Ctd5HXZUxw4KRNDX0qVzwHj83KehXLBCzKdjq31F2bEAtMmciO6NjAlkB4IuZvL4xNOgNIYyN8Fd2ivJQG56MzU97poJnpzA6Xwjd1A94nnbJiRtAzqsshkB869Jzbfn14WXx~rcMNffbc2SioHJlfRmBgfd9l8VYUL819Bg9SqsgkEzW3aBdTg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","County Manager Don Boone presented draft amendments to Clatsop County’s board rules, explaining that changes were prompted by evolving legal issues around elected officials’ use of social media and by the need to clarify liaison roles and travel procedures. The proposed social-media language distinguishes three types of websites — personal, campaign and official — and states that platforms used to conduct county business should be official county sites subject to public-record and other public procedures. The travel-policy changes would increase each board member’s travel budget, allow individual board members to manage their travel allocations within that budget and require board preapproval for Washington, D.C., lobbying travel.

Why it matters: The rules govern how commissioners engage online and how they coordinate travel and appointments. Don Boone emphasized the updates were intended as risk-management and clarifying language; he described additional edits to come and said staff would return with a refined draft later this year.

The presentation prompted a lengthy exchange among commissioners about the board rules’ tone and model. Commissioner Webb and another commissioner suggested the board rules’ preamble and county-manager expectations read negatively and argued for more aspirational, positive language — and at least one commissioner urged a broader overhaul of the “Carver” governance model underpinning current rules. Other commissioners said the proposed changes are timely, limited and necessary and opposed forming an ad hoc committee of two commissioners to rewrite the rules; one commissioner explicitly opposed a two-person ad hoc committee because it could create a quorum or a perception of private deliberations. Several commissioners supported immediately approving the social-media provisions and travel clarifications while continuing to work together on longer-term tone and structure changes.

Board direction and next steps: Don Boone said he would incorporate additional edits requested by commissioners and bring a revised set of rules for future board consideration. Commissioners emphasized that any broader revision should involve the full board and offered to participate in collaborative edits to the preamble and aspirational language outside the formal ad-hoc structure.","County manager Don Boone presented amendments to board rules — clarifying social-media guidance, liaison roles and travel budget management — and commissioners debated whether to accept narrow changes now or pursue a broader rewrite of the rules' tone and preamble.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6546129,"County staff urges caution: Clatsop’s behavioral health pass-through contract with OHA remains unsigned",557,5591000,6148000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3806890-3e7b5a19620ace056b71142053eeb231&start=5591&end=6148","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3806890-3e7b5a19620ace056b71142053eeb231/thumbnail_5591000.jpg","/articles/6546129/Clatsop-County/Oregon/County-staff-urges-caution-Clatsops-behavioral-health-pass-through-contract-with-OHA-remains-unsigned","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6546129-6c04fc6861737c99b2578ae9e57be9e1/orig.mp4?Expires=1776563151&Signature=MCA08KPyCXupQ51FpEfDrrGaQkop9KvfOLN2x4US01Lije2sFOwwMPDVHn1IFYZihN9u2Z3YaFCHlW0CsXcVIyUr9cd~cKGGzn1A-SCUiJAhj9kShuEmYBDEuHHQyJekrj8LZT3XTOeq0wGNxy-0AxVaEypZcelzgdtrk85sbuyZ4qY~Iw1m8qaGG1DFv88zM6EfG1q1JGhXLjmF6z4BCSAztRkufKGHsn0wHt~BbkzqmVJd1MPDBpaw9SMaLM-2i-yg0EMZGnoBnV7ivGUUtxGY~h5Ym5FP19Asm-yqIRtaJFOvZHFMGiGQxoo5IZVO2oaFUTShFjx8EUuQxyjT-g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Assistant County Manager Monica Steele briefed the board on protracted negotiations over the county’s contract posture with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) for coordinated behavioral-health services (CMHP). Steele said counties, community behavioral health organizations (CBHs), and the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) have been discussing contract language for over a year and that several provisions remain unaddressed — most notably terms related to financial liability and retroactive payments.

Why it matters: The county passes state funds to a community behavioral-health provider (CBH) that operates services locally. Steele said the provider has reserves and a braided funding stream that could temporarily cover services if a contract is not signed on July 1, but that counties are concerned about taking on downstream financial liability if OHA does not resolve payment or oversight language.

Steele told the board that CBH leaders asked counties not to sign the OHA contract as drafted and that CBH offered to use reserves to maintain services if a contract remained unsigned; once a contract is signed, Steele said, the state would make retroactive payments and those reserves would be replenished. Commissioners and staff said the matter is likely to be raised with the governor’s office; AOC planned a meeting with the governor the next day and would represent county concerns. Commissioners emphasized they did not want to assume open-ended liability for state-ordered compliance or fines related to statewide facility or hospital deficiencies.

Commissioner Thompson noted that OHA’s challenges at the state level — including contempt findings and fines for state facilities — increase the risk counties would inherit financial obligations by signing unchanged contract language. County staff affirmed they would continue to coordinate with AOC and with CBH leadership and return to the board with updates after the governor-level meeting.

Steele added that CBH’s service delivery is supported by multiple funding streams and by reserves, and that retroactive payments from OHA — if a contract is signed later — would reimburse CBH for some costs. Commissioners pressed staff for continued visibility and requested that staff avoid signing any contract that effectively shifts state-level financial and legal risks to the county.","County staff and community behavioral health partners told commissioners they will not sign a proposed CMHP contract with the Oregon Health Authority without changes to liability and payment language; counties and community providers warned of financial risk if they assume responsibility without guaranteed state funding.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_46":104,"_48":105,"_50":106,"_52":107,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":108,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":109,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6546133,"Clatsop County staff outlines end-of-session fights over lodging tax and transportation funding",886,331000,1217000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3806890-3e7b5a19620ace056b71142053eeb231&start=331&end=1217","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3806890-3e7b5a19620ace056b71142053eeb231/thumbnail_331000.jpg","/articles/6546133/Clatsop-County/Oregon/Clatsop-County-staff-outlines-end-of-session-fights-over-lodging-tax-and-transportation-funding","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6546133-f6a6f2a93e6ddadb590a3e77ea9f326e/orig.mp4?Expires=1776563151&Signature=iN02MwJzwVEocXrO8DNbSY1vpEHNXM4TVChbKoVpsPLT5ormn2LE1Lh4fYfRSwgPFXrSKwkWUYyXoVbGMCWnz3L~mhBX6O9GMcHJCMiaUVfKduu2lt67QhjceyAIrR3CcCc4DepeEBSZRld1NnDFaXS6tZL~F6qSQm~f75AtXkW7f9ozFWr4qWt7TKRO1qOxpBiH-KrVC-29MEe4z-zLBoWcKSITzsdhhADVkYq~lr~OQzC9FYO9vinz4IGg8aEva00XvR4BdxnaGFLgUUB3cmIsJeBAWEwOE2rI4yA1BwuuoQPk8XLdCKj38Hou-Rs6yx~H4a6huqISXT7CAlgxJg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Amanda, a county legislative staff member, briefed the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners on multiple Oregon legislative items as the 2025 session approached adjournment and work sessions were scheduled. The most advanced item was a proposed change to the transient lodging tax distribution: a ‘dash-11’ amendment introduced by Rep. Marsh that would move to a 70/30 split (70% discretionary to cities and counties and 30% for tourism promotion and related facilities); another amendment under consideration would move to a 60/40 (or 40/60 depending on which chamber language is referenced). Amanda told the board a work session was scheduled the following day and that time to resolve the bill was limited.

Why it matters: The TLT distribution affects how much revenue county and city governments can use for local priorities versus tourism promotion. Commissioners said they want the county to push for changes that increase local discretion while acknowledging competing statewide interests from destination marketing organizations.

Amanda also summarized a transportation funding bill that would maintain a longstanding state highway fund split (15/30/20) while tying future gas-tax increases to inflation and directing new funding to locally managed safety and connectivity programs. The bill includes line items discussed in hearings and informational meetings: $25 million annually for Safe Routes to School, $5 million for a wildlife-vehicle-collision reduction fund and $125 million for a “Great Streets” initiative to retrofit orphan highways for safer crossings, bike lanes and pedestrian infrastructure. Staff cautioned that fiscal analysis was still incomplete and that total revenue estimates were not yet finalized; several commissioners expressed concern that the Great Streets funding prioritizes new projects over operations and maintenance.

Other bills Amanda reviewed included SB 916, a controversial measure addressing unemployment insurance for striking workers. Amanda described the Senate’s rejection of House amendments and formation of a conference committee; she said any committee compromise requires unanimous approval before returning to both chambers for final votes. Commissioners and staff described statewide concern that SB 916 could shift significant fiscal burdens to counties and school districts if the state does not provide funding to cover the programmatic costs. Several commissioners said the bill could create new liabilities and fiscal strain for rural counties and school districts during collective bargaining.

The briefing also covered a variety of other items: a county fairs budget boost in the drafted state budget (about $5.74 million statewide); shelter program funding moving through subcommittees; and SB 1051 (state forester appointment) where a dash-4 amendment would create a four-year term with stated experience requirements and an emergency clause. Commissioners and staff discussed pros and cons of changing appointment processes and the potential for making the forester role more political if tied to a fixed term. Amanda and commissioners noted ongoing coordination with the Association of Oregon Counties (AOC) and other partners on model resolutions and coordinated letters the county might sign.

Commissioners asked for follow-up: a draft board letter on the transportation bill, more detail about fiscal estimates when available, and continued engagement from the county’s legislative team and lobbyists at the end of session work sessions. Amanda said staff would circulate updates after the session concluded and coordinate a board letter if the board wanted formal advocacy.","County legislative staff updated commissioners on several bills nearing the end of the 2025 legislative session, including competing transient lodging tax (TLT) amendment proposals, a transportation funding bill with new safety and 'Great Streets' programs, and contentious measures such as SB 916 on unemployment benefits for striking workers.","actionData","errors"]

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