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Umatilla County approves temporary double-fill for county counsel positions for transition
Summary
The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners authorized temporary 'double fill' of the county counsel and an additional unspecified position to allow overlap for training and transition through mid-2026 and other dates, with pay details discussed.
The Umatilla County Board of Commissioners approved temporary double-filling of the county counsel position and one other county position to allow overlap for training and transition, the board said at its Aug. 25 administrative meeting.
County staff presented the request saying the double-fill for county counsel is intended to allow for training and transition and would run from Sept. 1 through June 30, 2026. The staff presentation said the deputy county counsel position would be filled at 5% above the range and cited a figure of $160,458 during the discussion. Staff also said the salary range for the HR director and chief financial officer would be the same as the council range; no additional detail or written classification documents were provided in the transcript.
The board moved and seconded approval of the double-fill requests and carried the motions on voice votes. A second double-fill item was described in the minutes as beginning Oct. 1 (the transcript records overlapping dates and an unclear end date for the second position); staff said the second position would be double-filled beginning Oct. 1 but did not specify the end date in the spoken record.
The transcript records that the double-fill approvals were intended to support training and transition; the board did not record a motion to create ongoing new positions or permanent salary changes. No labor-agreement or budget-appropriation documents were attached to the verbal record in the meeting transcript.
