Votes at a glance: Tillamook County Board approves contracts, budget actions and tax-exemption order on April 9

The Tillamook County Board of Commissioners on April 9 approved a series of motions covering contracts, grant amendments, a property tax exemption and budget actions. Each item listed below was moved, seconded and approved on a voice vote with the chair calling the outcome “motion carries.”

Votes at a glance

- Consent calendar: Approved by motion and voice vote (no separate discussion recorded).

- Amendment No. 1 to subscription services contract ORMS-0109 (Oregon Records Management System): The board approved an amendment to a long-standing subscription agreement that county staff said updates reporting and security obligations and clarifies incident-reporting timelines (the amendment specifies a maximum four-hour requirement to report incidents). The item was presented by county staff (Jeff Underwood). Transcript inconsistently identified the contractor as “Chavez Consulting” earlier and later as “Schauff's Consulting Inc.” The amendment was recommended by staff and approved on a voice vote.

- Contract for goods with Command Sourcing Inc., Justice Facility Fixtures Project: The sheriff’s office presented a request to buy gel-style beds and fixtures designed without legs or bars to reduce self-harm risk in custody. The county will purchase five units to cover most of the jail, county staff said; the presenter noted Tillamook County is the second jail in Oregon using that product. The contract was approved on a voice vote. Presenter: Fernando Silveira, lieutenant, Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office.

- Oregon State Fire Marshal subrecipient amendment No. 2 to grant agreement 2025-HMEP-013 (Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness): The board approved an amendment increasing the grant award by $7,300 to allow local hazardous-materials training to be delivered in-county (the presenter said the change lets an instructor come to Tillamook and train up to 20 participants rather than sending people to Portland). Presenter: Randy Thorpe, Director of Emergency Management. Motion approved on voice vote.

- Resilience hub containers announcement: During the same segment, Emergency Management staff said the Office of Resilience and Emergency Management will provide fully equipped 20-foot containers to Oceanside and Cape Meares; this was presented as information rather than an action item.

- Order approving property tax exemption for Maxwell Mountain Public Access Preservation Corporation: The board approved an application under ORS 307.115 for nonprofit-owned property held for public parks or recreation purposes. County staff said the nonprofit purchased three undeveloped lots at the top of Maxwell Mountain Road and intends to maintain them for public recreational use including hiking and hang-gliding launches; the assessor’s office noted the three accounts’ taxes totaled $11,430.05 last year. Presenter: Eva Fletcher, property appraiser, Assessment & Taxation. Motion approved on voice vote.

- Order adopting a supplemental budget for fiscal year 2024–25: The board adopted a supplemental budget that adds funding for parks, parking management (PC Woods), a new clinic and pharmacy department in the health department, and several grant pass-throughs for behavioral health and specialty courts. Presenter: Sean, county treasurer. Motion approved on voice vote.

- Order transferring funds to contingency and reducing departmental spending authority for fiscal year 2024–25 due to timber revenue shortfalls: The board approved an order that reduces spending authority for this fiscal year (no FTE reductions were imposed) and transfers unspent appropriations from departments into contingency; presenters said departments voluntarily accepted the constraint and some items were moved to ARPA funds. Motion approved on voice vote.

For each approved motion the clerk took a voice vote; the chair declared each motion carried after commissioners responded “Aye.” Where the transcript used different spellings or names for contractors, the county recording was inconsistent; the board record should be consulted for the official contractor name and contract document numbers.