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County counsel presents ordinance to designate CCMH as local drug and alcohol planning committee; board to seek CCMH input

5722168 · August 20, 2025
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County counsel presented a draft ordinance to designate Columbia County Mental Health (CCMH) as the county’s local drug and alcohol planning committee and asked the board to send the draft to CCMH for input.

County counsel presented a draft ordinance to create a local drug and alcohol planning committee and to designate Columbia County Mental Health (CCMH) as the county’s designated entity for that function, explaining the action is intended to satisfy state statutory requirements.

Counsel said Oregon law (cited in the discussion as ORS 433.42) requires county governing bodies to appoint local planning committees for alcohol and drug prevention and acknowledged that statute allows counties to appoint either a county-created committee or to designate an existing body to serve that function. Counsel…

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