Deschutes County departments report progress on sidewalks, health access, inspections, wildfire mitigation and waste diversion

County staff presented quarterly performance measures to the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3, reporting a mix of operational achievements and personnel transitions across facilities, health services, environmental health, natural resources and solid waste programs.

Facilities: Lee Randall, facilities director, and Shannon Osendorf, facilities operations manager, told the board the department inspects sidewalks and parking lots to identify trip hazards and prioritize repairs and capital projects. The department’s target is to inspect 80% of its sidewalk and parking‑lot inventory annually; inspections inform a mix of maintenance work and larger capital projects such as the planned sidewalk and parking‑lot replacement at the Unger Building in Redmond.

Health services: Jillian Weiser, compliance and quality assurance officer for Deschutes County Health Services, described the department’s Language Access Program. She said behavioral‑health programs logged roughly 200 hours of interpreting…