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Klamath County schedules hearings on corner-preservation fee, lead-control rule and weed code
Summary
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners set public hearings Feb. 25 and March 18 for three proposed changes: an increase to the public land corner preservation admin fee, emergency lead-control amendments, and an ordinance codifying noxious weed enforcement.
The Klamath County Board of Commissioners on a unanimous voice vote set public hearings for proposed changes affecting land surveying fees, emergency lead-control procedures and noxious weed enforcement.
The board moved to set identical hearing dates — Feb. 25, 2025, at 1:15 p.m., and March 18, 2025, at 1:15 p.m. (some items listed at 1:20 p.m.) — to take public testimony on three separate proposals. "I'll move that the BOCC approve and sign the attached order setting the 2 public hearing dates for a proposed ordinance 52.04, no fiscal impact," the Chair said before the vote.
Why it matters: one proposal would amend the county code to raise the administrative fee credited to the public land corner preservation fund from $5 to $10 to support preservation of public land corners used in land surveying and boundary identification. The staff memo cited ORS 203.148 as the statutory basis for the fee adjustment and identified the fee as insufficient at its current level.
Details discussed at the meeting included the ordinance identifiers and code chapters affected. The board also scheduled hearings for amendments described as emergency lead-control rules tied to the county's uniform civil violation procedures (chapter 800) and for proposed ordinance 15.13, which would codify chapter 401 of the Klamath County code outlining landowner responsibilities, enforcement procedures and penalties related to noxious weed control and make related amendments to chapter 800.
The motions to set the hearing dates were made and seconded and carried with the Chair calling the aye and announcing the motion passed. No additional substantive debate on the policy texts was recorded in the excerpted transcript; the matters were set for public hearings for further comment and formal consideration.
Next steps: the board will hear public testimony on the scheduled dates and then may take further action (adopt, amend or reject) after those hearings.
