Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Federal Funding topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Morrow County commissioners approve letters of support for three congressional-directed spending applications
Summary
The Morrow County Board of Commissioners approved letters of support and authorized electronic signatures for three congressional-directed spending applications — a Port Amorro interchange project, an Irrigon test well, and a nitrate-mitigation pilot — with applications due Sunday and a minor typographical correction noted.
Morrow County Board of Commissioners members voted unanimously at a remote special meeting to approve three letters of support for congressional-directed spending (CDS) applications and authorized electronic signatures to meet the imminent application deadline.
The letters back an Exit 165 Port Amorro interchange engineering project, an Irrigon test well that could become a permanent water source, and a pilot nitrate-mitigation project that would extract high-nitrate groundwater, blend it with lower-nitrate water, and apply it to nearby farmland, commissioners said. Commissioners noted CDS applications are due Sunday.
Commissioner 2, a member of the Morrow County Board of Commissioners, opened the discussion: “So we're just gonna approve letters of support for the CDS funding,” and asked staff to proceed. Commissioner 3, a member of the Morrow County Board of Commissioners, added that “they are due on Sunday” and summarized the three projects the county was asked to support.
At the start of the meeting commissioners first approved the open agenda by motion, which passed unanimously. Commissioner 1 moved to accept the open agenda; Commissioner 4 seconded. The board then considered the three CDS support letters together. Commissioner 4 moved to approve all three letters and to electronically sign them; Commissioner 1 seconded. Commissioners present voted “aye,” and the motions carried.
Staff noted a logistical issue: Valerie (county staff) does not have access to the commissioners’ digital signatures, so documents will be sent for electronic signing via Adobe Sign or DocuSign, or circulated for sequential scanning and signing. Commissioners asked staff to correct a minor typographical error in one letter (the item referenced as “La Grama”), and staff said the correction would be made before sending the documents for signature.
Commissioner 3 also said the county’s clean water consortium is signing two letters on related projects — one supporting an Aragon project and another for what was described as phase 3 of the Laguama clean water project presented by a presenter named Nick — and that different signatories will be used for consortium letters to avoid duplicate signatures on the county application. Commissioners did not take additional formal actions beyond approving the letters and authorizing electronic signatures.
With the motions carried and staff directed to finalize the corrected documents and distribute them for signature, the board adjourned the special meeting.
