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Coos County commissioners approve hire, grants, a medical examiner contract and funding for stream gauges
Summary
The Coos County Board of Commissioners approved a package of routine actions including hiring Britney Felton, appropriating funds for the county fair and a marijuana eradication grant, awarding a contract for district medical examiner services, approving the CAFA grant application resolution and funding USGS stream gauges.
The Coos County Board of Commissioners approved a series of routine personnel, grant and contract items during its April meeting.
Personnel: The board approved hiring Britney Felton as a Prevention Services Outreach Specialist and agreed to start her at step five of the pay grade after a motion and second and a brief discussion about recruitment competitiveness. The motion to set her starting step at five was made and seconded and passed by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded on the transcript.
Appropriations and grants: The board approved resolution 26-04-036B to add $27,000 in additional appropriations to the fair fund to complete the Midway Pavilion roof. Commissioners noted most of the pavilion construction was funded with a $280,000 Business Oregon grant and donor contributions.
The board also approved recognition and appropriation of a marijuana eradication grant and passed resolution 26-04-033B to appropriate $45,400; Captain Sanborn clarified that "these are criminal justice funds not coming from the general fund to the county." The CAFA grant application resolution (26-04-034B), required annually to apply for CAFA funds, was also approved.
Contracts and agreements: The board approved a personal services contract to engage Lindseay Cotton as a district medical examiner backup to sign death certificates and perform limited diagnostic review when the county medical examiner is unavailable. Commissioners observed that state processing delays have created local backlogs in death certification and diagnostic testing.
Infrastructure: The board agreed to a joint funding agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey to fund stream gauges for flood-stage monitoring at a county share of $13,850. Commissioners emphasized the gauges’ value for flood safety and emergency management.
Consent calendar: The consent calendar was approved without public comment.
Votes at a glance: All listed motions were approved by voice vote; the transcript records motions, seconds and "motion passes" responses but does not provide roll-call vote tallies or individual yes/no votes.
