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Columbia County commissioners approve health sponsorship, forestry amendment and three transportation-safety grants
Summary
The board approved a sponsorship with Columbia Health Services, an amendment for a timber-harvest forestry services contract, and three Oregon Impact transportation safety grant agreements for DUII enforcement, pedestrian safety and distracted driving.
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners on May 21 approved a package of agreements and amendments that included a sponsorship with Columbia Health Services, an amendment to a forestry services contract for the Carcass Creek Timber Harvest, and three transportation safety grant agreements with Oregon Impact covering DUII enforcement, pedestrian safety and distracted driving.
The actions were listed together during the board’s agreements, contracts and amendments section. The board approved C63-2025 (a sponsorship agreement with Columbia Health Services) and amended C11-2023 (a personal services contract with Oregon Natural Forestry LLC) for work connected to the Carcass Creek Timber Harvest. The board also approved grant agreements C66-2025, C67-2025 and C68-2025 with Oregon Impact for DUII enforcement, pedestrian safety and distracted-driving programs and authorized the chair to sign the documents.
Why it matters: the grants target traffic enforcement and pedestrian-safety efforts in the county; the sponsorship and forestry amendment authorize county partnerships and contract adjustments that affect public-health outreach and resource management. The board made the approvals during a single agenda item and recorded them by motion and voice vote.
Details on items approved: the sponsorship (C63-2025) authorizes county involvement with Columbia Health Services; amendment 1 to C11-2023 modifies an existing personal-services contract for consulting or forestry services related to the Carcass Creek Timber Harvest; the three Oregon Impact agreements are listed as transportation safety office grants for DUII enforcement (C66-2025), pedestrian safety (C67-2025) and distracted driving (C68-2025). The meeting record did not include dollar amounts or detailed scopes for each grant during the verbal presentation.
Next steps: The board authorized the chair to sign the agreements so grant-funded activities and the amended forestry work may proceed; staff did not provide additional timeline or budget detail during the meeting.
