Thursday, January 09, 2014

Highlights Of The January 8, 2014 Clatsop County Board Of Commissioners

Road Dedicated
The board officially designated the newly constructed portion of SE Ensign Lane as a public road. The road section, built through the county-owned North Coast Business Park in Warrenton, connects SE 19th St. and Alternate Highway 101. Construction of the road was an obligation under the intergovernmental agreement between Clatsop County and the Oregon Department of Transportation for the granting of highway access to the commercial area of the business park. The board is scheduled to formally accept the road into the county road system Jan. 22. Public Works Director Ed Wegner singled out the work of project leader Terry Hendryx, engineering technician, who headed the design, inspection and mitigation for the project, which was completed ahead of schedule.

Other Business
In other business the board: -Designated Commissioner Scott Lee as Chairperson and Commissioner Peter Huhtala as Vice-Chairperson. -Approved budget adjustments to account for two Federal Emergency Management Agency grants obtained by the county Emergency Management Division on behalf of the City of Astoria Public Works Department for the purchase of a radio repeater ($9,000 grant) and the Hamlet Rural Fire Protection District for the purchase of a communications encoder/decoder ($1,200 grant). -Re-appointed Jack Ficken, Tom Iverson and Andy Mendenhall to the Clatsop County Fair Board. -Appointed Jim Sparks and re-appointed Tod Lundy to the Southwest Coastal Citizens Advisory/Design Review Committee. -Appointed Lynne Leland and Thomas Sayre and reappointed Jack Applegate to the Recreational Lands Planning Advisory Committee. -Approved a letter to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department supporting proposed rules restricting smoking in state parks. Tom Bennett Community Relations Coordinator (503) 325-1000 ext. 1312