Emergency Management Director Position Filling to Move Forward
The Board of Commissioners gave staff direction to move forward with a job offer for the new Emergency Management Director Position, pending the results of further background investigations. Sheriff Dave Daniel told the board that a qualified candidate had been identified for the position, and staff was instructed to move forward without objection. The board then approved the refilling of a recently vacated Department Specialist position in the District Attorney's Office. It was unanimous to appoint Trent Carpenter to the Fair Board, and the Commissioners tabled a JB Steel Change Order pending Legal Counsel review, and directed staff to apply for a 60 day extension on an Oregon Department of Aviation Planning Grant. The board continued by approving 3-0 a Rogue Community College Student and Staff Pass Program Agreement with Josephine Community Transit, as well as a FleetNet Digital Radio Annual Service Agreement. Both incur no cost from the county, and the Service agreement covering 39 handheld radio units. ...Read more
Grants Pass 1st Budget Committee Meeting Tuesday Night
The City of Grants Pass will hold its first budget committee meeting of this cycle tomorrow night in Council Chambers beginning at 6:00 p.m. The Budget Officer will convene the meeting and conduct the first agenda item, the nomination and election of the Budget Chair and Vice Chair. Following the election of officers the committee's ground rules will be adopted. The committee will then hear the Budget message and receive the budget document followed by an overview of strategic plans and related capital projects.The presentations from various departments will be heard beginning with Police, followed by Fire/Rescue and the Community Development Department. Following the ratification of the Budget Hearing Schedule there will be time for public comment and questions.
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BCC Schedules 2 Tuesday Meetings
Josephine County's Board of Commissioners have meetings scheduled for both Tuesday morning and afternoon.The morning meeting will take place at 11 a.m. in the courthouse conference room. The only agenda item, other than other matters from commissioners, is a general discussion regarding the collaboration the City of Grants Pass and Josephine County. The afternoon meeting is an administration workshop beginning at 1:30 also in the conference room.First on the agenda is a personnel requisition of a department specialist for the District Attorney refilling a vacant position. Commissioners will then consider an appointment to the County's Fair Board. The airport is looking for a change order for JB Steel in the amount of $13,974.26 and returning a grant of $150,000,The county's transit department wants consideration of the Student and Staff Pass Program agreement with Rogue Community College and payment of the FleetNetDigital Radio Annual Service Agreement in the amount of just over $14,700.Finance is the final agenda item and begins with Economic Development budget for the coming fiscal year. The final item is a presentation from the Illinois Valley Business Hub for Economic Development.
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