County Commissioners and Judges from Oregon traveled to Sun Valley, Idaho, May 23-25, 2018 for the annual National Association of Counties (NACO) Western Interstate Region (WIR) Conference. In partnership with Blaine County and the Idaho [...]
Do not miss the opportunity to participate in the 2018 customer satisfaction survey for Regional Solutions. Providing excellent customer service is a high priority for the Regional Solutions program. They need your feedback in order [...]
As the result of a referendum against portions of 2017 House Bill 2391 (commonly known as the “hospital provider tax”), the legislature amended 2017 Senate Bill 229 (Sections 55 et seq) to call a special election on January 23, [...]
In 2017, the Oregon legislature enacted House Bill (HB) 2005, commonly known as the “Pay Equity Bill.” Focused on remedying discrimination against protected classes of persons (such as race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital [...]
The ongoing saga over what a local building code program may delegate to third party contractors continues. Purportedly based on an Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ) legal opinion, on April 23, 2018, the Building Codes Division [...]
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has completed a draft Oregon Public Transportation Plan (OPTP) with the help of the Policy Advisory Committee, Technical Advisory Committee, stakeholders, and the public. The Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) [...]
The Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA) is accepting non-competitive applications for each County to receive approximately $4,200 to fund local efforts to help address veterans suicide in their communities. September is National Suicide Prevention [...]
On Monday, May 14, 2018, the AOC Governance Steering Committee continued its work reviewing and prioritizing possible legislation for the 2019 Oregon legislative session. A lot of materials relating to possible priorities were included in [...]
Out of 120 elected county commissioners and judge positions in Oregon, 64 are up for election in 2018. As a result of the primary election held on May 15, 2018, 19 current commissioners or judges [...]
Governor Kate Brown’s Opioid Epidemic Task Force is a statewide effort to combat opioid abuse and dependency. The Task Force consists of medical experts, drug treatment specialists, and government officials. Their mission is to identify [...]