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Clatsop County surveyor proposes raising public land corner fee to $30; public hearing set
Summary
County surveyor Vance Swenson told the Board of Commissioners at a work session that the county proposes raising the public land corner preservation fee from $10 to $30 to fund one full‑time survey technician; an ordinance amendment and a public hearing are scheduled for consideration.
Clatsop County Surveyor Vance Swenson told the Board of Commissioners at a Wednesday work session that the county will propose raising the public land corner preservation fee from $10 to $30 to restore a full‑time public land corner technician.
Swenson said the current $10 fee, set by county ordinance in 1985 and previously capped in statute, has lost purchasing power to inflation. "The proposal is to go from $10 that we collect now up to $30," he said, adding that the county successfully pursued legislative relief to remove the statutory cap.
Why it matters: the county uses the fee to maintain public land survey corners, permanent markers that anchor legal…
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