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Public Works to buy tack trailer with FEMA funds; board authorizes ODFW fish‑passage grant submittal

2660521 · March 12, 2025
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Public Works told the board it will procure a tack tank trailer and debris blower using FEMA disaster funds (FEMA will reimburse 75%); the board also authorized Public Works to sign a grant application to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for a culvert fix on Apry Road.

Public Works staff told the Columbia County Board of Commissioners on March 12 they plan to purchase a tack tank trailer (for crack-sealing work) and a debris blower using funds from a 2015 FEMA disaster declaration, and the board authorized county staff to submit a separate Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Fish Passage and Screening Infrastructure Improvement Program grant application for construction funding on a failing culvert on Apry Road.

Assistant Public Works Director Grant De Jong said the county received FEMA funding…

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