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Commissioners approve DOE extension, consultant contract, equipment MOA and several emergency purchases

Baker County Board of Commissioners · December 17, 2025
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Summary

The board authorized a six-month extension for a Department of Energy energy-resilience grant, approved a not-to-exceed $49,000 contract with Fairwinds Consulting, signed an MOA with Oregon Department of Forestry for federal-surplus firefighting equipment, and approved emergency purchases including a $32,100 generator and a $5,124 tones-to-phones system.

County emergency-management staff briefed commissioners on a Department of Energy grant to produce a county energy resilience plan and requested an extension of the project deadline from Dec. 31, 2025 to June 30, 2026. Staff said the original consultant bid was roughly $49,000 and that county staff would supplement consultant work to meet the new deadline.

Commissioners voted to approve the DOE extension and…

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