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Troutdale PAC debates case for a full‑time park ranger, asks staff for cost analysis
Summary
Committee heard staff describe benefits of a park ranger (education, resource protection, citation processing) but was told the position is not currently in the proposed budget; members asked staff to compile job descriptions, cost comparisons and a folder of complaints to quantify need.
Jonah Jacobson told the Parks Advisory Committee that while the idea of a full‑time park ranger has merit, the position is not included in the current proposed budget cycle and would require a detailed package before the committee could recommend it for future budgets.
"If it were, then that was something that I certainly would already have ready to go," Jacobson said, noting staff had not prepared a…
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