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Coos County approves multiple health grants, privacy upgrades and staff reclassifications
Summary
The Coos County Board of Commissioners approved several intergovernmental agreements and internal spending to support behavioral health, public-health outreach and privacy improvements at Coos Health & Wellness, along with two personnel reclassifications.
The Coos County Board of Commissioners voted to accept multiple grants and contract actions for Coos Health & Wellness on motions approved at the meeting.
The board approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Oregon Health Authority totaling $270,000 over two years for “aid and assist community-based restoration services” to be used for housing, and a separate $100,000, two-year agreement to support Oregon Health Plan sign-up services. Commissioners also approved a $75,000 grant from the Ford Family Foundation to support South Coast Together, a trauma-informed care program the county is taking on.
Those actions matter because they fund continuing behavioral-health and public-health work in the county and expand outreach and housing-related services. “This is an ongoing contract, something that we've done before,” Coos Health & Wellness department head Mike Riley said about the $270,000 award.
The board also approved $15,417 to buy and install a sound-masking system in two hallways at the county behavioral-health building after an engineering assessment found the new building allows protected conversations to be overheard. Riley said the system is “step 1” of mitigating privacy problems; the county also plans to install improved doors.
In personnel moves, the board approved reclassification and appointment actions: Megan Bridal was approved to move into the updated behavioral health director position effective Oct. 1, 2025, with a temporary double-fill arrangement while the current director transitions out; Christina Muschetto was approved for reclassification from IT Tech I to IT Systems Tech II effective Oct. 1, 2025; and the board authorized $30,000 in spending authority to pay County Maintenance invoices budgeted for fiscal year 2025–26.
All motions were moved and seconded during the consent and department business portion of the agenda and were approved by voice vote. The transcript does not record roll-call vote tallies or individual commissioner votes in the public record excerpt provided.
Commissioners and staff framed these items as routine administration and service continuity: Riley characterized the sound-masking purchase as a remedy to a building issue that undermines patient privacy and said the additional grant funds support existing outreach and housing efforts.
The county will execute the state intergovernmental agreements and the contracts noted above; department heads were authorized to sign the relevant documents.
