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Yamhill County commissioners elect leadership, adopt rural tax exemption ordinance and approve budget and personnel measures
Summary
Kit Johnston was elected chair and Commissioner Sirup vice chair as the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners moved through leadership, budget and personnel votes during its Jan. 9 formal session.
Kit Johnston was elected chair and Commissioner Sirup was elected vice chair during the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners’ formal session on Jan. 9.
The board voted to adopt Ordinance 939, “in the matter of adopting the Yamhill County rural tax exemption code,” during its second reading; the ordinance was approved and the board set an effective date of April 9. The vote was announced by voice during the meeting and recorded as passed.
The board also approved a supplemental fiscal-year budget for Fund 440 tied to the county’s acquisition of the OMI campus and recognized associated loan funds. County staff said the acquisition is complete and the supplemental budget is needed to record the loan and related expenditures in the county accounts. Commissioners approved the supplemental budget by voice vote.
On personnel and position management, the board approved additional position-management authority for one full-time equivalent (FTE) data analyst (position 40148) in Health and Human Services’ administrative services for the fiscal year; staff stated this was a no-net-increase action because another position was removed or replaced.
The board approved the consent agenda (items h‑1 through h‑4) by voice vote.
In land-use business, the board left on the calendar a county-owned tax-foreclosed parcel (Tax Lot R3215AA00400) for additional review and scheduled related items for follow-up; a separate public discussion on that parcel is reported in a separate article. The board also continued docket L2124 (a lot-line adjustment appeal/hearing) to Feb. 6, 2025, with the hearing left open and rescheduled for 10 a.m. in Room 32 of the courthouse.
The meeting included routine calendar and liaison discussions; commissioners reviewed a draft list of liaison assignments for 2025 and asked staff to circulate proposed changes so the board can finalize assignments at a later meeting.
Other routine announcements included updates about intergovernmental meetings and travelers to wildfire response efforts in the region.
Votes at a glance • Election of chair: Kit Johnston — motion and voice vote; outcome: elected. • Election of vice chair: Commissioner Sirup — motion and voice vote; outcome: elected. • Ordinance 939 — adoption (Yamhill County rural tax exemption code); outcome: adopted; effective date set for April 9. • Consent agenda (h‑1 through h‑4) — outcome: approved. • Position management authority — 1 FTE data analyst (position 40148) for Health and Human Services; outcome: approved; staff said no net increase in employees. • Supplemental budget (Fund 440) — to recognize loan funds and record acquisition costs for OMI campus; outcome: approved; county staff stated the county now owns the OMI campus. • Docket L2124 (lot-line adjustment appeal) — continued to Feb. 6, 2025, 10 a.m., Room 32; hearing left open.
The board took no final action on the county tax-foreclosed parcel (Tax Lot R3215AA00400) and set follow-up on Jan. 23 to allow parties to submit additional documents and pursue an easement agreement.
(See a separate article for a detailed account of the tax-foreclosed parcel discussion and public comments.)
