The Coos County Board of Commissioners voted to approve the 12th amendment to an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Oregon Health Authority, adding $334,000 and authorizing County Department Head Mike Rowley to finalize the document by DocuSign.

The amendment, described by Rowley as a six‑month extension that adds a new community navigator program for “aid and assist” clients, does not extend the contract past December, Rowley told the board. “This is an amendment to our IGA for, let's see, 6 months. … the community navigator program for aid and assist clients,” Rowley said during the presentation.

The board approved the motion without recorded roll‑call names. A motion to “approve the twelfth amendment to intergovernmental agreement 44003… with Oregon Health Authority and authorize department head Mike Rowley to DocuSign” passed on voice vote.

Why it matters: the county’s IGA with the state supports locally delivered mental‑health services. Commissioners used the meeting to warn that negotiations over the broader CFAA (the state mental‑health funding and service agreement referenced at the meeting) remain contentious. One commissioner summarized the county position as unified with other rural counties in resisting terms they say would shift state liability and obligations to counties.

During later commissioner reports, a speaker identified only as Commissioner (unspecified) said counties are “unified around not signing this” in response to state negotiation positions. That commissioner accused the Oregon Health Authority of seeking to require counties to accept responsibility for hospital overflow and declined to include contractual language that the board said historically stated services were “subject to availability of funds.” “They're refusing to add that. They're refusing to basically indemnify counties against the liability…,” the commissioner said, describing stalled negotiations and a possible November 7 deadline for counties to sign. The speaker also said the state had proposed a six‑year contract that counties resisted and that an 18‑month term was negotiated instead.

County staff provided limited detail in the public presentation. Rowley and other staff said the added $334,000 brings the IGA’s cumulative funding “up to $7,700,000” for the program period covered by the agreement. Commissioners asked and staff confirmed the amendment does not extend the contract beyond December.

No formal amendments to the board’s position on the statewide CFAA negotiations were adopted at the meeting; commissioners described the county’s stance and ongoing discussions but did not pass a separate directive. The board did authorize the department head to sign the 12th amendment to the local IGA.

The board approved the motion by voice vote. The exact roll‑call counts were not recorded in the meeting transcript.

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The county’s action implements short‑term funding and adds the navigator program locally while broader, county‑level negotiations over the state’s CFAA contract continue. Commissioners said they expected further contacts with state officials in coming weeks and that the county’s position is coordinated with other rural counties.