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County Commissioners' Schedule 3/25 - 3/29 Thank you for your continued interest in the Board of County Commissioners! Some of this week’s upcoming commissioner hearings and meetings are detailed below. Complete and updated information is available on the board’s webpage . Remember: Your County Commissioners want residents to be involved! The public is welcome to sit in on any Policy Session or the Business Meeting, and you can always make public comments at the latter. Tuesday, March 26 Policy Sessions Public Health Environment Health Program Fees (10:30 a.m.) New Community Advisory Committee on Road Spending (1:30 p.m.) Assessor Fee Change Relating to Budget (2 p.m.) CCSO Proposed Fees and Fines Changes for FY19-20 (2:30 p.m.) DTD Fee & Fine Modifications, FY 2020 Proposals (3 p.m.) Visit the Policy Session page . ...

County Commissioners' Schedule 3/18 - 3/22 Thank you for your continued interest in the Board of County Commissioners! Some of this week’s upcoming commissioner hearings and meetings are detailed below. Complete and updated information is available on the board’s webpage . Remember: Your County Commissioners want residents to be involved! The public is welcome to sit in on any Policy Session or the Business Meeting, and you can always make public comments at the latter. Please note: There is no Business Meeting slated for this week. Tuesday, March 19 Courthouse Replacement Project Quarterly Update (10:30 a.m.) Potential Metro Funding Measure for 2020 (11:30 a.m.) Quarterly General County Budget Committee Meeting (1:30 p.m.) Visit the Policy Session page . Last week Last week, Policy Sessions were held on executive level employ...

Affordable Housing and  Services Fund awards announced Commissioners have announced the recipients of $623,000 in affordable housing and services grants. This is the first year the county has offered these critical funds to help local partners provide housing and services to our most vulnerable populations. Some of this year’s recipients include organizations using the money to assist with: ·     emergency transitional housing for survivors of domestic violence; ·     help with security deposits and initial rent for homeless families and individuals; ·     enhancing shower and laundry services for people experiencing homelessness; and ·     establishing peer support services for Housing Authority residents in need of mental health or addictions support.  R...

State and federal funds bolster school bond projects The Oregon City voters who approved a $158 million school bond issue last November may be surprised to learn bond projects will benefit from an added $32.9 million in funds from other sources. "Thanks to the Oregon School Capital Investment Matching program, we gained an added $7.7 million,” said Chief Financial Officer Susan Dodd. “This program was designed to incentivize local voters to approve school construction bonds.” An additional $17.8 million came from the bond premium, an extra amount investors paid for the district’s bonds because they offer an interest rate higher than the prevailing rate. “We will also receive $6 million in added funding from the interest earned by investing the bond funds until they are needed,” said Dodd. “Those funds are invested in low-risk funds that guarantee a steady return while protecting and enhancing the public’s investment.” The district has also chosen to invest...

Oregon City Registers Fall Kindergartners Students who will start kindergarten in Oregon City Schools next fall are invited to attend a Kindergarten Connect event at their neighborhood school. Students must be age five on or before September 1 to start school. Kindergarten programs are located at Beavercreek, Gaffney Lane, Holcomb, McLoughlin, and Redland Elementary schools as well as and Jennings Lodge, which houses the Todos Unidos Spanish bilingual program, open to students from across the district. Details about each school’s event and a mapping program that shows the resident school for each address in the Oregon City School District are available on the district website at www.ocsd62.org/. Families are advised to bring the child’s birth certificate and immunization record, as well as a piece of mail that shows their current address to the event.

County Commissioners' Schedule 3/11 - 3/14 Thank you for your continued interest in the Board of County Commissioners! Some of this week’s upcoming commissioner hearings and meetings are detailed below. Complete and updated information is available on the board’s webpage . Remember: Your County Commissioners want residents to be involved! The public is welcome to sit in on any Policy Session or the Business Meeting, and you can always make public comments at the latter. Tuesday, March 12 Recommendations for Executive Level Employee Performance Summary (10 a.m.) 2019-20 Long Range Planning Work Program (10:30 a.m.) Update and Findings of the Canby Ferry Alternatives Feasibility Study (1:30 p.m.) Near-Term Recommendations from the Housing Affordability and Homelessness Task Force (2:30 p.m.) Presentation of Changes for Clackamas County Em...