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Board votes to sunset county DEIA committee; split vote follows heated discussion
Summary
Following a lengthy policy-level debate, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners voted 2–1 to terminate the county’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) committee and to transition work to other departments as appropriate; commissioners and staff disagreed on the committee’s origins, scope and future location of the work.
Deschutes County commissioners voted to terminate the county’s DEIA committee and to direct any remaining work to transition to staff functions as appropriate.
Board debate: The agenda item drew extended comment from commissioners and public, including considerable discussion about the committee’s accomplishments, its relationship to county goals, and whether the work should be managed within Human Resources or remain a staff-driven cross-departmental group. Some…
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