Transportation Update – Week of April 21
With the Legislature passing the key first chamber committee deadline on April 18, it is a good time to provide an update on the bills and critical related issues we have discussed so far this session. [...]
With the Legislature passing the key first chamber committee deadline on April 18, it is a good time to provide an update on the bills and critical related issues we have discussed so far this session. [...]
AOC brought objections to the House Committee on Revenue on April 12th to House Bill (HB) 2384, which carried a laudable intention. HB 2384 sets a limit on taxes due on homesteads of seniors 65 [...]
Polk County Commissioner Craig Pope presented comments on behalf of AOC in support of additions of Policy Option Packages (POPs) to the proposed 2017-19 biennial budget of the Water Resources Department before the Joint Committee on Ways & [...]
Following the report out of the five workgroups to the full Joint Transportation Preservation & Modernization Committee, no meetings have been held the week of April 10 - 14. The committee chairs and vice chairs [...]
Will The Tourism Industry Pitch In? Commissioners Bill Hall (Lincoln County), AOC President, and Bill Baertlein (Tillamook County) brought the reality of extreme affordable housing shortages on the coast to the House Committee on Revenue [...]
We are pleased to invite you to join NACo for our D.C. Infrastructure Week 2017 Fly-In, taking place May 16–17 in Washington, D.C. With the Trump Administration and Congress expressing interest in developing a new infrastructure package, [...]
SECURE MEDICINE TAKE BACK AOC has been working closely with Representative Malstrom and several stakeholders to help develop House Bill (HB) 2645 (previously HB 2386). Now with the -5 amendments, the bill will receive a [...]
Discussion around the transportation package for the 2017 legislative session is continuing in full force. All of the five work groups have given their reports and recommendations to the Joint Transportation Preservation and Modernization committee. These [...]
86 year old Korean War veteran. A client of Washington County Veteran Service Officer Vicki Horn. A Story From Washington County: Vicki Horn (CVSO) “About 2 years ago a Korean War veteran [...]
Senate Bill 311 directly addresses an AOC goal of facilitating communities' preparations for catastrophic events. The bill would authorize a city or county to adopt an ordinance or resolution providing a property tax exemption to commercial, [...]