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Coos County elects Sweet as chair, approves grants, hires and IGA with Bandon School District
Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting the Coos County Board of Commissioners elected John Sweet chair, approved a suite of personnel and equipment actions, accepted an $82,018 OEM grant for emergency management, authorized a sheriff vehicle purchase, and approved an intergovernmental agreement to collect a construction excise tax for the Bandon School District.
Commissioner John Sweet was elected chair and Commissioner Farmer was elected vice chair at the Coos County Board of Commissioners meeting on Jan. 7, 2025. The board also approved several personnel actions, equipment disposals and funding agreements, and set a public hearing on an annexation petition for Jan. 30, 2025.
The decisions affect staffing at county health and public safety programs, emergency-management funding and collection of a new construction excise tax in the Bandon School District.
Commissioner Sweet opened the election discussion by describing the board's long-standing practice of rotating the chairmanship, saying, "I move that we continue...with a rotation of the chair position," and later offering a simplified motion to elect himself chair and Commissioner Farmer vice chair. The motion passed on a voice vote.
On personnel and staffing the board approved posting a Mental Health Associate to Lead position for Coos Health & Wellness' adult outpatient team (pay grade 451), following review by the AFSCME union. The motion to post and fill the position passed on a voice vote.
The board declared a list…
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