The Josephine County Board of Commissioners tabled both Administrative Action items at its weekly business meeting on Wednesday.
The Board voted 2-0 to continue until next week consideration of the personal services contract with former Commissioner Simon Hare to facilitate regional broadband project coordination. Vice-Chair Herman Baertschiger was absent.
Commissioner Dan DeYoung requested the delay because he wants to speak with Hare in more detail about the contract. He said he had only received a copy of the contract on Tuesday and believes Baertschiger should be present for the decision.
In its current form, the contract calls for Hare to serve as the liaison between the Board of Commissioners and the Josephine County Broadband Action Team as well as others. The goal is to extend broadband internet service to the more rural and underserved areas of the county. Hare would be paid $1,600 a month.
The Board also tabled an intergovernmental agreement with the Rogue Valley Council of Governments for grant-writing services. It was unclear why the pact was delayed or for how long.
There were numerous comments from citizens that ranged from paying attention to local school board meetings to law enforcement complaints to the proposed charter amendment to alternative locations for the Animal Shelter. One person proposed the idea of the animal facility serving a dual purpose as a shelter for the unhoused population living outside the City of Grants Pass.
