Coos County adopts supplemental budget, approves Carl Road sale to AYA and several personnel and contract items

The Coos County Board of Commissioners on Monday adopted a supplemental budget and approved a series of personnel, contracting and property actions, including the sale of county property known as the Carl Road site to Alternative Youth Activities (AYA) and authorization for limited, pre‑closing access for maintenance and bid evaluation.

The board opened a public hearing to consider a supplemental budget and appropriations. County staff explained adjustments that included a reduction in the veterans department budget for a lower‑than‑anticipated carryover, an added $70,000 receipt from a Marijuana Enforcement Grant to a county fund, returned Administrative Grant funds from the Salvation Army to be redistributed, and an adjusted beginning balance for the waste‑disposal fund because a pit‑roof project did not progress as expected. With no public testimony, the board moved and adopted the supplemental budget resolution on a voice vote.

Why it matters: the supplemental budget reallocates existing and newly received grant funds to cover program shortfalls and unanticipated costs across several county funds, allowing departments to proceed with planned work and one delayed capital project.

Among the other formal actions, the board recessed as the 4‑H extension governing body and approved a transfer of appropriations to cover a roof replacement at the extension office that exceeded the $100,000 appropriation and cost $156,040. The board also approved updated job descriptions and posting authority for multiple county positions: a Mental Health Associate 2 / Community Navigator case manager requested by Coos Health and Wellness and a Parks Specialist 1 position tied to a…