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Yamhill County commissioners approve BLM cooperating-agency MOU, road contracts and health and housing agreements
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Summary
On March 12, 2026 the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners approved a cooperating-agency memorandum with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, awarded North Valley Road paving and repair contracts to Roy Howe Construction LLC totaling about $1.17 million, approved health-data and grant-application actions, and signed a letter supporting Newberg affordable-housing funding.
The Yamhill County Board of Commissioners on March 12 approved a package of agreements and contracts, including a cooperating-agency memorandum with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and several local infrastructure and health-related actions.
The board voted to approve a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (Oregon-Washington) designating Yamhill County as a cooperating agency for revisions to the Northwestern and Southwest Oregon resource management plans and Records of Decision. The motion carried by voice vote.
The board approved intent to award the 2026 North Valley Road paving project to Roy Howe Construction LLC at $957,096 and separately approved a construction services contract with Roy Howe Construction LLC for full-depth repairs and culvert replacement on North Valley Road (Ribbon Road/Ribbon Bridal and Albertson Road section) for $217,514.50, effective upon issuance of notice to proceed through July 18, 2026. Both measures passed by voice vote.
On health and emergency-preparedness matters, the board approved a memorandum of understanding between Yamhill County Health and Human Services and the Oregon Health and Science program to enable real-time data tracking to monitor behavioral-health patient bed status. The board also authorized Lindsay Manfren or a designee to apply to the Oregon Health Authority for $7,000 to stand up alternate care facilities, with the county noting consultation with its emergency manager, Sergeant Young, to reduce pressure on local hospitals. Both items passed by voice vote.
The board approved a letter supporting the city of Newberg’s request for Community Project Funding for a project titled “Unlocking affordable housing in Newberg through strategic water infrastructure investment,” described by a presenter as targeted investments on behalf of Congresswoman Andrea Salinas. The board also approved a one-year personal services contract with Nathalene Nivens for court mediation services, effective March 12, 2026 through March 12, 2027.
Each motion was adopted by the commissioners’ voice votes recorded during the meeting. No public hearings were held during the session.
What happens next: several items will appear in upcoming agendas (including the deferred second reading of an ordinance to amend the county transportation plan). Contracts will proceed to issuance of notices to proceed and the county will move forward with the OHA grant application and the BLM cooperative planning process.
