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Lane County approves shelter contracts with St. Vincent de Paul; commissioner recuses
Summary
The board approved two Health & Human Services contracts with St. Vincent de Paul—one for extreme weather emergency sheltering and one for a year-round safe-sleep site—funded by Oregon Housing and Community Services; Commissioner Buck recused because of a family relationship.
Lane County commissioners on June 24 approved two contracts between the county Health & Human Services department and the St. Vincent de Paul Society for adult sheltering services, and delegated authority to the county administrator to sign approved contract actions.
Zach Evans, Assistant Director of Health & Human Services, summarized the items as two expense contracts funded by Oregon Housing and Community Services: one to support extreme weather emergency shelter operations and the other to operate a year-round safe-sleep site for adults.
Recusal and vote Commissioner Buck announced a conflict of interest and temporarily excused herself, stating the item involved St. Vincent de Paul and that she is related to the agency's executive director emeritus who still works for the agency. With Buck recused, the board voted to approve the contracts; the motion passed 4-0 with Buck recorded as recused.
Action details - Order: Board order referenced in the agenda (order 25062409) delegated authority to the county administrator, their designee or subdelegate to sign approved contract actions with St. Vincent de Paul Society for the specified shelter services. - Funding: Contracts are funded by Oregon Housing and Community Services.
Why it matters: The actions formalize county support for emergency and year-round shelter operations aimed at adults experiencing homelessness and use state shelter funding to pay for operations.
Ending The contracts were approved and the administrator granted signing authority; Commissioner Buck was excused from participation and did not vote.
