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Clatsop County surveyor proposes raising public land‑corner fee from $10 to $30 to fund technician
Summary
County Surveyor Vance Swenson asked the board to approve raising the county's public land corner preservation fee from $10 to $30 so the program can hire a full‑time survey technician; the board was told the change will be presented at a public hearing on Jan. 14 and requires ordinance amendments.
County Surveyor Vance Swenson asked the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners at a work session to approve raising the county's public land corner preservation fee to support day‑to‑day maintenance and mapping of the public land survey corners that anchor legal property descriptions.
Swenson told the board the county has collected a $10 fee on many land‑related documents since a 1985 ordinance and that inflation and rising program costs have left the maintenance program “on life support.” He said the county and the Association of Oregon Counties successfully secured a change at the state level to remove the $10 statutory cap…
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