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Board adopts ordinance designating Columbia Community Mental Health as local drug and alcohol planning committee
Summary
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners approved Ordinance 2025-5 on Aug. 27 to designate Columbia Community Mental Health as the countys local drug and alcohol planning committee and to adopt state-required membership and duties, including requirements under ORS 430.075 and an emergency clause making the ordinance effective on adoption.
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 27 adopted Ordinance 2025-5 to designate Columbia Community Mental Health (CCMH) as the countys local drug and alcohol planning committee and to adopt statutory requirements for the committee.
Sarah Hansen, county counsel, summarized the ordinance before readings and said CCMH, the county's local mental-health authority under contract with the Oregon Health Authority, requested the designation. "This ordinance in addition to designating CCMH as the local drug and alcohol planning committee, adopts requirements for the planning committee in accordance with state law," Hansen said. She referenced ORS 430.075 and administrative rules requiring representation across geographic areas and a minimum consumer membership.
Hansen said the ordinance requires that at least 20 percent of committee members be consumers, defined by the statute as persons who have or are receiving mental-health or substance-use-disorder services, and that the committee adopt an integration plan to connect drug-treatment services into the criminal-justice system for certain offenses. The ordinance included an emergency clause so it would be effective upon adoption to meet the state deadline for submitting the integration plan.
A motion to approve the ordinance was moved and seconded at the meeting and the board returned affirmative votes. Commissioners carried the ordinance by voice vote; the meeting record includes two "Aye" responses on the record and the chair declared the ordinance approved.
The ordinance text was read by title for both the first and second readings and Exhibit A was identified as the Columbia County Local Drug and Alcohol Planning Committee Ordinance. The county counsel indicated the intergovernmental and statutory duties would be followed in the committee's work.
The ordinance adoption places responsibility for local drug- and alcohol-planning duties with CCMH and sets membership and planning requirements consistent with state law.
