Commissioners and judges from eight eastern Oregon counties met Wednesday on a proposal to modify Land Use Planning processes in counties with no population growth (SB 432). In a meeting convened by Senate Minority leader [...]
Enacted in 2011 after AOC convened a workgroup of local taxing district representatives, Deferred Billing Credits (DBC) provide the county assessor with the authority to, at their discretion, issue a DBC to taxpayers when the [...]
Multnomah County and the City of Gresham would like to give it a try House Bill (HB) 2088, as introduced, would grant authority to a city by ordinance or resolution to require calculation by the [...]
Local Resources Dwindle AOC asked the Ways & Means Subcommittee on General Government to reinvest General Funds into the County Assessment Function Funding Assistance Account (CAFFA), which has continued to dwindle to the now dangerously [...]
Linked below is the most current version (9.3) of the Revenue Planner that was demonstrated at the AOC Transportation Steering Committee Meeting on May 1. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has developed this spreadsheet to [...]
The United States Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations for membership on the Secretary’s National Wildlife Services Advisory Committee (NWSAC). Selected members will serve two-year terms. The NWSAC advises USDA on activities, policies, program issues, and research needed to conduct [...]
On Monday, May 8 three of Oregon’s early counties were memorialized in the State Capitol State Park with the addition of commemorative plaques for each. The fourth original county, Clackamas, already has a plaque, as [...]
The Speaker, Ways & Means Co-Chair and House Revenue Committee Chair Offer Proposal for Long-term State Budget Fix Fits into Framework for Business Tax Reform of Joint Committee on Tax Reform On May 4th, Speaker [...]
House Bill (HB) 2122-A, the “CCO 2.0” bill, was pulled from the floor and sent to the House Rules Committee. The bill had its first hearing following the first-chamber deadline on May 4. The Coordinate [...]
Speaker’s Top Housing Priority Gets First Senate Hearing On May 3 the Senate Human Services Committee held its first public hearing on House Bill (HB) 2004-A, Speaker Tina Kotek's priority bill allowing counties and cities to [...]