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Commissioners approve fee changes, grants and contracts in series of unanimous votes
Summary
At a regular session, the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved amendments to fee schedules for the clerk and sheriff, accepted grant agreements for transit and ATV patrols, approved IT and security purchases, and authorized solid-waste rate increases recommended by the county advisory committee.
Yamhill County commissioners on Wednesday approved a bundle of administrative fee changes, grants and vendor contracts aimed at restoring cost recovery, funding law-enforcement patrols and updating county technology and services.
The board voted unanimously to amend the clerk’s office fee schedule and the sheriff’s office fee schedule, to accept a grant for all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) patrols at Upper Nastaka OHV Park, to amend a transit grant agreement with the Oregon Department of Transportation, to authorize a three-year cybersecurity agreement, and to approve two rate increases recommended by the Solid Waste Advisory Committee for Newberg service providers.
The clerk’s amendment, presented by Carrie of the clerk’s office, included a set of proposed fee increases and a request that the county be able to retain a small administrative portion of a $60 statutorily established housing-related fee that currently goes to the state. “Most fees are set by statute,” Carrie told the board; she said the county is proposing to add a one-dollar administrative component where local law allows.
The sheriff outlined changes to the sheriff’s fee schedule that the…
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