Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Well, good morning, everyone. I will now call to order the June 17th, 2026 Clackamas County Board of Commissioners Business Meeting. County Administrator Gary Smith, would you please call the roll?

Yes, thank you, Chair. First, our staff support today. County Council, Billy Williams. Acting Clerk to the Board, Tony Mayernich. Roll call. Commissioner Savas. Present. Commissioner Helm.

Here.

Commissioner Schrader.

Here.

Commissioner West. Here. Chair Roberts.

Here. All right, thank you. If you can, would you please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? Okay, again, good morning, everyone, and we'll open this meeting with general public communication. Testimonies limited to three minutes, and I just ask that the comments be respectful and courteous. As a reminder, you can also email testimonies to bcc at clackamas.us, and it will be accepted as a part of the public record. If you wish to comment on one of the following items that we will receive public communication on today, it's on the agenda. I'll ask that you please wait until we convene that public hearing on that particular item. Due to the number of public hearings we have today, I reserve the right to call breaks as needed. And it's a full-packed agenda to all my colleagues, and we're going to try and move along and cover as much as we can in an effective way. So I'll now open the meeting with general public testimony. Clerk, will you please moderate the in-person and virtual testimony?

Good morning, I do not see any cards in the basket. If you would like to comment in general public communication, please fill out a card up front and I will collect it. Seeing none, I will move to virtual testimony. If you would like to testify general public communication, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received. Mr.

Chair, I do not see any hands raised. Okay. Thank you. I'll now close the general public communication. We'll move on. I will now recess as the Board of County Commissioners convene as a Housing Authority of Clackamas County Board of Commissioners. Gary, you want to introduce the first item?

Yes. Thank you, Chair. And quickly, this is Budget Adoption Day, so you will be having 15 public hearings with eight service districts to ultimately adopt the budgets for all of the Clackamas County's special districts and the county itself this is the first one the housing authority of Clackamas County housing resident commissioner Leenstra is not able to be here today so it is just a five of you the first item is for a public hearing approval of a resolution adopting the housing authority of Clackamas County fiscal year 2026 2027 budget Total budget amount is $99,788,283. Funding is through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, state funds, metro funds, local project funds, and other local resources. No county general funds are involved. Elizabeth Comfort, finance director for the county, will present. Go ahead, please.

Thank you, Gary. Elizabeth Comfort, Finance Director. The Budget Committee reviewed the budget on May 26th, 2026 to receive public input and the budget was approved as presented. We respectfully request approval of the resolution adopting the Housing Authority of Clackamas County's fiscal year 26-27 budget and we are happy to answer any questions.

All right, any questions for my colleagues? right seeing none I will now open the public hearing on this item clerk will you please moderate the in-person and virtual testimony for us of course if you would like to comment on the Housing Authority budget please fill out a blue card and drop it in the bucket

With no in-person comments, I will turn to virtual testimony. If you would like to comment on the Housing Authority budget, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received.

Mr. Chair, I do not see any hands raised at this time. Okay, I will now close the public hearing on this item. Is there any other further comments from my colleague?

Chair, I do. Yes. A question. I'm looking at the motion, and I'm looking at the follow-up comments from the chair, and there's a delta of $1 million. So is it $99,788,000, or is it $98,788,000? Good catch, Paul. Checking.

budget authority is $99,788,283. It is a typo in the follow-up. All right.

So, Chair, I move we approve the resolution for the adoption of the Housing Authority of Clackamas County fiscal year 2026-27, budget in the amount of $99,788,283. I'll second.

Commissioner Savas has moved to approve the resolution for the adoption of the Housing Authority of Clackamas County fiscal year 2026-2027 budget in the amount of $99,788,283. It's been seconded by Commissioner West. Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, Clerk, will you please call the poll?

Commissioner Schrader. Aye.

Commissioner Helm? Aye. Commissioner West?

Aye. Commissioner Zalas? Aye. Chair Roberts? Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Gary. All right, you're still meeting as a housing authority. There's a small consent agenda, which we'll do today as well. Tony, would you please read the consent agenda?

Housing Authority. Item 1, approval of a software contract with Yardi for Housing Authority operations. Total agreement value is $1,200,000 for five years. Funding is through U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development administrative funds. No county general funds are involved.

Chair, I move to approve the consent agenda for the Housing Authority as read.

Second.

Commissioner West has moved to approve the Housing Authority consent agenda. Commissioner Helm has seconded it. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll? Commissioner Savas? Aye.

Commissioner Schroeder? Aye. Commissioner Helm? Aye. Commissioner West?

Aye. Chair Roberts? Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair. Thank you. I will now adjourn as a Housing Authority Board and convene as a Service District Number 5 Board of Directors.

Gary? You are now meeting as service district number five street lighting. This is a public hearing approval of a resolution adopting the Clackamas County service district number five fiscal year 2026-2027 budget making appropriations of $3,698,836 and a total budget of $5,021,596. Funding is through assessments within the street lighting district. No county general funds are involved. Elizabeth Comfort will present. Go ahead, please.

Thank you. The Budget Committee reviewed the budget on May 26, 2026, received public input, and the budget was approved as presented. We respectfully request approval of the resolution adopting the Service District Number 5's Fiscal Year 26-27 budget. We're happy to answer any questions.

Okay. Any questions for colleagues? Seeing none, I will open the public hearing on this item. Clerk, will you please moderate the in-person and virtual testimony?

If you would like to testify in person on the service district number five, but budget, please fill out a blue card and I will collect them. Seeing none, I will turn to virtual testimony. If you are online and would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received. Mr. Chair, I do not see any hands raised.

Thank you. I will now close the public hearing on this item. Any other comments, colleagues? Seeing none, is there a motion on the budget resolution?

I move we approve the resolution for adoption of the Service District No. 5 Fiscal Year 26-27 budget with appropriations in the amount of $3,698,836 and a total budget amount of $5,021,596.

SECOND.

Director Schroeder has moved to approve the resolution for adoption of the service district number five fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with the appropriations in the amount of $3,698,836 and a total budget amount of $5,021,596. Director Helm has seconded that. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, you please call the poll. Director West. Aye. I will now adjourn a service district number five street lighting board of directors and convene as a development agency board of directors scary you are now meeting as a development agency board of directors this is a

Public hearing, approval of a resolution adopting the Clackamas County Development Agency's fiscal year 2026-2027 budget, making appropriations of $31,610,346 and a total budget of $41,817,743. Funding is through beginning fund balance and tax increment financing. No county general funds are involved. Elizabeth, go ahead, please.

Thank you. The Budget Committee reviewed the budget on May 26, 2026, received public input, and the budget approved as presented. We respectfully request approval of the resolution adopting the Clackamas County Development Agency's fiscal year 26-27 budget. We're happy to answer any questions.

Thank you, Elizabeth. Colleagues, any questions? All right. I will now open the public hearing on this item. So, Clerk, will you please moderate the in-person virtual testimony for us again?

Seeing no registrations in person, if you would like to comment on the development agency budget, please fill out a blue card and I will collect it. Seeing none, I will turn to virtual testimony. If you are online and would like to testify on the development agency budget, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received.

Mr.

Chair, do not see any hands raised.

Thank you. I'll close the public hearing on this item. Any other comments or questions? All right, is there a motion on the budget resolution?

Chair, I move we approve the resolution for adoption of the Development Agency Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget with appropriations in the amount of $31,610,346 and a total budget amount of $41,817,743. Second.

Director Helm has moved to approve the resolution for adoption of the development agency budget fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with appropriations in the amount of $31,610,346 and a total budget amount of $41,817,743. Director Schrader has seconded that. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll?

Director West?

Aye.

Director Zavas? Aye. Director Schroeder? Aye. Director Helm? Aye. Chair Roberts?

Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair. Thank you. I will now adjourn as a Development Agency Board and convene as the Extension and 4-H Service District Board of Directors.

Gary? you're now meeting is the extension and 4-h service district board this is a public hearing approval of a resolution adopting the Clackamas County extension and 4-h service districts fiscal year 2026 2027 budget making appropriations and a total budget of twenty million six hundred thirty five thousand nine hundred seventy dollars and a tax rate of zero point zero five zero zero thank you. Thank you Mr. Chair and members of the committee for $1,000 of assessed value funding is through beginning fund balance property taxes interest and other revenue sources no county

The Budget Committee reviewed the budget on May 26, 2026, and received public input, and the budget approved as presented. We respectfully request approval of the resolution adopting the extension and 4-H service district's fiscal year 26-27 budget in position of imposing to tax and categorization of the property tax. And we're happy to answer questions.

Any questions? Seeing none, I'll open the public hearing on this item. Clerk, will you please moderate the in-person and virtual testimony?

If you would like to testify on the extension and 4-H district budget, please fill out a blue card and place it in the bucket. Seeing none, I will turn to online testimony. If you would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received.

thank you. I will now close the public hearing on this item. Any further comments or discussion? Seeing none is there a motion on the budget resolution?

I move that we approve the resolution for adoption of the extension and 4-H service district fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with appropriations and a total budget in the amount of $20,635,970 and a tax rate of $0.05 per $1000 assessed value. Second.

Director West has moved to approve the resolution for adoption of the extension and 4-H service district fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with appropriation and a total budget in the amount of $20,635,970 and a tax rate of 0.05 per thousand of assessed value. Director Helm has seconded that. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll? Director Schrader.

Aye.

Director Savas?

Aye. Director Helm?

Aye.

Director West? Aye. Chair Roberts? Aye.

Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair. All right. I'm going to have to get several different hats to remember which board I'm on here. Okay, I will now adjourn has the extension and 4-h service district board and convene as the library service district board of directors Gary What's up?

Thank you. You're now meeting as a library service district of Clackamas County board This is a public hearing approval of a resolution adopting the Clackamas County library service districts fiscal year 2026 2027 budget making appropriations, and a total budget of $27,213,851, and a tax rate of $0.3974 per $1,000 of assessed value. Funding is through property taxes and other revenue sources. No county general funds are involved. Elizabeth, would you please present? Thank you.

Thank you. The Budget Committee reviewed the budget on May 26, 2026, received public input, and the budget approved as presented. We respectfully request the approval of the resolution adopting the Library Service District's fiscal year 26-27 budget imposition of tax and categorization of the property tax. And we're happy to answer any questions.

Any questions? seeing none i' ll now open the public hearing on this item and clerk you follow up again on moderate the in-person and virtual testimony for us of course mr.

Chair if you would like to testify on the library service district please fill out a blue card to place it in the bucket. Seeing none i will turn to online testimony if you are joining us on zoom and would like to testify please use the raise hand feature and i will call on you in the order received.

Mr. Chair, do not see any hands raised. Thank you. I will now close the public hearing on this item. Any other comments, colleagues? Seeing none, is there a motion?

Oh, I'm sorry. I do have a comment, and I'll make a motion thereafter. I just want to make a comment that this district is... Well, some of the libraries that are recipients of some of these dollars are experiencing difficult financial constraints, and I know that we're working on that as a board, trying to work with our partner cities. I will say that I am deliberately trying to reach out to all the mayors one by one to talk about this and figure out ways to resolve the constraints so that we have least some baseline of service around the county and not have the haves and have-nots I just want to make that comment and I will proceed with with just with making the motion that said I move we approve the resolution for adoption of library service district fiscal year 2026 2027 budget with appropriations and a total budget in the amount of twenty seven million two hundred thirteen thousand $851 and a tax rate of 0.3974 per 1,000 of assessed value. Second.

Director Savas has moved to approve the resolution for adoption of the Library Service District fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with appropriations and a total budget in the amount of $27,213,851 and a tax rate of 0.3974 per thousand of assessed value. Director Schrader has seconded that motion. Any further discussion? Clerk, will you please call the poll?

Director West?

Aye.

Director Helm?

Aye.

Director Schroeder?

Aye.

Director Zavas? Aye. Chair Roberts?

Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair. I will now adjourn as the library service district board and convene as the water environment services board of directors.

Gary? Thank you. You're now meeting as the water environment services board of directors. You have four public hearings for water environment services. The first, approval of a resolution adopting the water environment services fiscal year 2026, 2027 budget. making appropriations of $169,426,538 and a total budget of $225,119,961. Funding is through water environment services rate payer funds and system development charges. No county general funds are involved. Elizabeth will present. Go ahead, please. Thank you.

The Budget Committee reviewed the budget on May 26, 2026, received public input, and the budget approved as presented. We respectfully request approval of the resolution adopting the Water Environment Services Fiscal Year 26-27 budget. And we're here to answer questions.

All right. Any questions? Comments? I will now open the public hearing on this item. Clerk, will you please moderate the in-person virtual testimony for us on this?

If you are joining us in person and would like to testify on the Water Environment Services budget, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket. Seeing none, I will turn to online testimony. If you're joining us via Zoom and would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received.

Mr. Chair, do not see any hands raised. Okay, I'll close the public hearing on this item. Any further comments or points, anybody? Is there a motion on the budget resolution?

I move we approve the resolution for adoption of the Water Environment Services Fiscal Year 2026-2027 budget with appropriations in the amount of $169,426,538.00. and a total budget amount of $225,119,961. Second.

Director Helm has moved to approve the resolution for adoption of the Water Environment Services fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with appropriations in the amount of $169,426,538 and a total budget amount of $225,119,961. Director Schrader has seconded that motion. Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll? Director West. Aye. Director Chavez.

Aye. Director Schrader.

Aye.

Director Helm. Aye.

I chair Roberts I motion passes 5-0 Mister chair thank you Gary thank you you're still meeting as the water environment services board the second public hearing is approval of a board order amending and adopting rates and charges for water environment services the fiscal impact is approximately 1.37 million dollars in additional sewer and surface water monthly service charge revenue No county general funds are involved. Greg Geist, the Director of Water Environment Services, will present this one.

Thank you, Gary. Good morning, directors. The next item is a board order as required by WES's rules to adopt rates and charges for surface and sewer water services for the next fiscal year. The proposed rates are aligned with WES's long-term financial plan and represent about 5% adjustment to the monthly charges for wastewater treatment, collection, and surface water management. The dollar impact of the proposed rate increases on a household monthly bill range from $0 to $2.25 per month, depending on the services and the location. Additionally, adjustments are proposed to cover city right-of-way fees for the three cities within West's service area at charge of franchise fee. These rates were included in the fiscal year 26-27 budget that was approved by Wes's Budget Committee on May 26th. I respectfully request the Board, acting as the governing body of Water Environment Services, approve the Board order amending and adopting rates and charges for Water Environment Services. All right.

Any questions, colleagues? All right, I will now open the public hearing on this item. Clerk, will you please moderate the in-person and virtual testimony?

If you would like to testify on the proposed WES rates and charges, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket. Seeing none, if you're joining us online or would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received. Mr. Chair, I do not see any hands raised.

I will now close the public hearing on this item any comments from my colleagues pressure service. Go ahead.

Yeah, I Appreciate the fact that we have a low income element to the rates, and I know we're trying to get parity between the former districts and so forth, so I understand that. And I just want to say I appreciate that. I also would like, perhaps after this hearing is over, Greg, if you could go in the back of the room maybe and talk to our folks out there in the back of the room that are from the recycler hauling industry, there's four of them back there, and see if there's any opportunities knowing that it looks as though there's a regulatory expectation that we will be, they will have to, or we will have to deal with petricables and recycling in that world. And I know that maybe there's an opportunity to join forces in some ways, knowing that some of that could be through a digester or whatnot, or maybe it's appropriate for us or not. But I just thought that at least extend an opportunity to talk to them in the back. Is there a motion on the rates? Chair I move we approve the proposed water environment services rates and charges.

Second.

Director Savas has moved to approve the proposed water environment services rates and charges. Director Allen seconded that. Any further discussion or comments? Colleagues? Seeing none will you please call the poll. Director Schroeder. Aye. Director West? Aye.

Director Helm? Aye. Director Savas? Aye. Chair Roberts? Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Gary? You're still meeting as the Water Environment Services Board. The third public hearing is approval of a resolution adopting the Water Environment Services fiscal year 2026-2027 district fee schedule. No county general funds are involved. Greg, go ahead, please.

Thank you. The proposed changes to West's fee table were approved by the board in a policy session on February 17th and were then incorporated into the FY26-27 budget, which was approved by the West Budget Committee on May 26th. Today's resolution formally adopts the updated fee table. I respectfully request that the board, acting as the governing body of Water and Environment Services, approve the resolution adopting the FY26-27 district fee table. Thank you, Greg. Any questions, callings?

Seeing none, I'll open the public hearing on this item. Clerk, will you moderate the in-person virtual testimony again for us?

If you would like to comment on the WASP fee schedule, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket. Seeing none, if you're joining us on Zoom and would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received.

Mr. Chair, I do not see any hands raised. I will now close the public hearing on this item. Any other comments? Seeing none, is there a motion on this fee schedule?

I move we approve the Water Environment Services fiscal year 26-2027 district fee schedule. Second.

Director Schroeder has moved to approve the Water Environment Services fiscal year 2026-2027 district fee schedule. Director Helm has seconded that motion. Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll?

Director West. Aye. Director Savas. Aye. Director Helm.

Aye.

Director Schroeder.

Aye.

Chair Roberts.

Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr.

Chair. Thank you. Gary. You are still meeting as the Water Environment Services Board. The fourth and final public hearing is approval of a resolution adjusting sanitary sewer... and stormwater system development charge fees for water environment services for fiscal year 2026-2027. Fiscal impact is approximately $223,000 in additional revenues. No county general funds are involved. Greg, go ahead please.

So the final budget-related item is a resolution to adjust SDCs for the next fiscal year. Last September, the Board adopted an updated system development charge methodologies for WES with support for a 10-year phase-in to the calculated fees and direction to staff to bring the phase-in concept back to the Board for future consideration. We confirmed with council that the 10-year phase-in will constitute a methodology adjustment or a methodology update, and we'll be returning to the board to request approval for that future action. The adjustment proposed today as part of the budget adoption is a 2.72%. inflationary adjustment based on the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index. The adjusted SDCs were included in the budget that was approved by WES's Budget Committee on May 26th. I respectfully request the Board, acting as the governing body of Water and Environment Services, approve the resolution adjusting sewer and stormwater system development charges for WES. Thank you, Greg. Colleagues, go ahead.

Thank you, Greg. So knowing how, I will say, strapped developers, builders are right now, One of their biggest complaints is SDCs, obviously. Is there any relief? Is there any program where we can help them move forward with development? We need more houses more quickly, but there's the money involved. This is one of their biggest complaints is SDCs are out of control. That's the word I hear, out of control. Not just yours, but pretty much all major infrastructure, so...

When it comes to SCCs, I will say the way that we structured ours a couple years ago now, where it's tiered by size and square footage, that helps. The other thing that we hear from the development community, because we work with them constantly, is the predictability is what's most important to them. Erin, do you have more to add?

No, that's perfect.

Okay.

So you've addressed that. It's just, I just want people to know that there is something there that's trying to help out and kind of level the playing field as far as where they're at with their developments.

Right, and if you recall, the recommendation from the advisory committee was to phase in up to the full SDC amount over five years, and the board chose to extend that to 10. So that was another action the board took to help.

Thank you.

Good point. All right, I will now open the public hearing on this item. Clerk, will you please moderate that in-person virtual testimony again?

If you would like to comment on the Water Environment Services System Development Charge Update, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket. Seeing none, I will turn to online testimony. If you're joining us via Zoom and would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received.

I do not see any hands raised, Mr. Chair. I will now close the public hearing on this item. Any other comments from colleagues? Seeing none, is there a motion on system development charges?

I move we approve the resolution adjusting the sanitary sewer and stormwater system development charges for water environment services.

Second.

Director Schrader is moved to approve the resolution adjusting the sanitary sewer and stormwater system development charges for water environment services. Director Helm is second to that. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, you'll please call the poll again. Director Savas? Aye. Director West?

Aye. Director Helm?

Aye.

Director Schrader?

Aye. Chair Roberts?

Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair. Guess what? Another one, right?

One more, but it's consent. Next is consent.

All right. Well, thank you, Greg and Aaron, very much. You're still meeting as a Water Environment Services Board. This is a request. This is consent agenda for Water Environment Services. Tony, would you please read the consent agenda?

Water Environment Services Consent Agenda, one item, approval to submit a grant application to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management for building resilient infrastructure and communities funding for the Willamette Pump Station and Forest Main Capacity Project. Maximum grant value is $18,045,000 for three years. If approved, funding is through Federal Emergency Management Agency and matching funds through Water Environment Services

Sanitary sewer funds no County general funds are involved Right do any of my colleagues wish to remove any item from the consent agenda Seeing none may have a motion I Move we approve the water environment services consent agenda second Commissioner Helms moved to approve the water environment services consent agenda Commissioner Schrader has been so kind to second that and is there any further discussion? Yes Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll? Director West? Aye.

Director Savas? Aye. Director Schroeder?

Aye.

Director Helm?

Aye. Chair Roberts?

Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr.

Chair. All right, thank you. All right, Greg, you're off the hot seat. Okay. I will now adjourn as the Water Environment Service Board of Directors convene as the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District Board of Directors.

Gary? Thank you. You're now meeting as the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District Board You have two public hearings. The first, approval of a resolution adopting the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District's fiscal year 2026-2027 budget, making appropriations of $31,980,626 and categorizing and imposing a property tax for tax year 2026-2027. Total budget is $42,411,530. Funding through existing district funds, property taxes, fees and fines, and other revenue sources. No county general funds are involved. Elizabeth will present. Go ahead, please.

Thank you. The Budget Committee reviewed the budget on May 26, 2026, received public input, and the budget approved as presented. We respectfully request approval of the resolution adopting the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District's fiscal year 26-27 budget, imposing tax and categorization of the property tax. And we're happy to answer any questions.

Okay. Any questions, colleagues? will now open the public hearing on this item and clerk you want to moderate that again for us.

If you would like to comment on the NCPRD budget please fill out a blue card and place it at the basket. Seeing none I will turn to online testimony if you're joining us via zoom and would like to testify please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received.

Mr. Chair do not see any hands raised. I will now close the public hearing on this item. Any other comments, colleagues? Go ahead, Commissioner Savas.

Yeah, I just want to mention another district that is on a fixed property tax rate that is financially constrained and has made substantial cuts to try to still provide service. I just want to recognize that, the efforts of staff, and also want to that our meeting as the North Clackamas Parks Recreation District Board of Directors meeting next week will be hopefully a contemplation and maybe some strategies on how we tackle that in our relationship with the city of Milwaukee as well. That's all I have, Chair. All right, thank you.

Is there a motion on this budget resolution?

I move we approve the resolution for adoption of the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with appropriations the amount of $31,980,626, a total budget amount of $42,411,530, and a tax rate of 0.5382 per 1,000 of assessed value. Second.

to approve the resolution for the adoption of the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District fiscal year 2627 budget with the appropriations in the amount of $31,980,626. A total budget amount of $42,411,530 and a tax rate of 0.5382 per thousand of assessed value and Director Helm second that. Any further discussion? seeing none clerk will you please call the poll director schrader Aye.

Director West? Aye. Director Helm?

Aye.

Director Zavas? Aye. Chair Roberts? Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. And Gary? You're still meeting as the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District Board. The second public hearing is approval of a resolution adopting changed fees for the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District beginning fiscal year 2026-2027. No county general funds are involved. Jeff Munns, District... Assistant District Council will present go ahead, please Jeff.

Yes. Good morning The rates for NC PRD were reviewed with you on February 17th of this year as you'll see in the attached documents the fees are split between resident and non-residents for the use of the facilities for NC PRD and the different services and Classes and so on that are provided to the public Not a lot to add from that but if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them All right any questions?

Seeing none I'll open the public hearing on this item and clerk. Will you help us moderate that again?

If you would like to testify on the NC PRD 2026 2027 fees, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket Seeing none I will turn to online testimony if you're joining us via zoom Please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order received Mr. Chair do not see any hands raised

thank you Mr. Chair.

I move we approve the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District fiscal year 2026-2027 new fees and fee increases as proposed.

Second. Second.

Okay. Director Helm is moved to approve the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District fiscal year 2026-2027 new fees and fee increases as proposed. Director Schrader has seconded that. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll? Director West? Aye. Director Savas? Aye. Director Schroeder?

Aye. Director Helm? Aye.

Chair Roberts? Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thank you. And Gary? Thank you, Jeff. You're still meeting as the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District Board. This is consent agenda for the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District. Tony, would you please read the consent agenda?

North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District consent agenda, one item. That item is approval of an amendment to a subrecipient agreement with North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District. Apologies, there is a typo on the agenda. This agreement is with the Clackamas County for funding to the Milwaukee Community Center for services to older adults. The amendment value is $403,544 for 13 months. A new total agreement value of $1,756,061 for four years. Funding is through the Oregon Department of Human Services and state transportation funds for older and disabled adults. No county general funds are involved.

All right, any colleagues wish to remove anything? All right, may have a motion.

I move we approve the NCPRD consent agenda.

Second. Commissioner Schrader has moved to approve the North Clackamas Parks Recreation District consent agenda. Commissioner Savas has seconded that. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll again? Director Helm.

Aye.

Director West? Aye. Director Savas?

Aye. Director Schroeder? Aye. Chair Roberts?

Aye.

Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair.

thank you I will now adjourn as a North Clackamas parks and recreation district board and convene as the enhanced law enforcement district board of directors Gary.

thank you you're now meeting as the enhanced law enforcement district board this is a public hearing approval of a resolution adopting the enhanced law enforcement districts fiscal year 2026 2027 budget making appropriations and a total budget of nine million two hundred five thousand six hundred six hundred and one dollars and a tax rate of $0.7198 per $1,000 of assessed value. Funding is through property taxes and other revenue sources. No county general funds are involved. Elizabeth will present. Go ahead, please.

Thank you. The Budget Committee reviewed the budget on May 26, 2026, received public input, and the budget approved as presented. We respectfully request approval of the resolution. adopting the enhanced law enforcement districts fiscal year 2627 budget imposing property tax and Categorization of the property tax and we're happy to answer any questions Okay colleagues any questions Yes, go ahead commissioner.

I just want to make the notation here For the record I certainly appreciate that during the budget cycle we discussed how to better line and the promise so to speak of the delivery of services for the limited amount of money on this fixed tax rate you know we've made substantial cuts on and staffing regards to law enforcement for that part of the county that is covered under this and and yet People are not seeing any property tax relief, but they're just getting less for the same amount of money. It's unfortunate. It's just the reality of our times. I just want to just say I appreciate any more clarity on how that is actually going to be implemented with the FTE count currently. So it's more clear what we're getting for that money than it was in years past. So that's all I have, Chair.

Okay. Any other comments? All right, with that, I will open the public hearing on this item and turn to our clerk, who's doing a great job, by the way.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. If you would like to testify on the enhanced law enforcement district budget, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket. Seeing none, I will turn to online testimony. If you're joining us via Zoom and would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature, and I will call on you in the order received.

Mr.. Chair do not see any hands raised I will now close that public hearing on this item and colleagues any other comments Seeing none is there a motion on this budget resolution?

I move we approve the resolution for adoption of the enhanced law enforcement district fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with appropriations and a total budget in the amount of $9,205,601 and a tax rate of 0.7198 per $1,000 of assessed value. Second.

to approve the resolution for adoption of the enhanced law enforcement district fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with the appropriations and a total budget in the amount of $9,205,601 and a tax rate of 0.7198 per 1,000 of assessed value director Schroeder has seconded that motion is there any further discussion? Seeing none clerk will you please call the poll. Director Sivas? Aye.

Director West?

Aye.

Director Schroeder? Aye. Director Helm? Aye. Chair Roberts? Aye.

Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Just want to comment. Folks, we're moving ahead quickly. Thank you. So, Gary, we're doing pretty good. You're doing excellent, yes. Thank you. So I will now adjourn as enhanced law enforcement district board and reconvene as the Board of County Commissioners Gary Thank you.

You will meet as the Board of County Commissioners for the rest of today's meeting You have three public hearings for the Board of County Commissioners the first approval of a resolution adopting the Clackamas County fiscal year 2026 2027 budget making appropriations of 1 billion 401 and a total budget of $1,528,305,199. Funding includes beginning fund balance, property taxes, federal, state, licenses, permits, fees, fines, assessments, revenue from bonds and other debts, all other revenue sources, other inter-fund transfers, and $198,116,517 in general fund support. Elizabeth will present. Go ahead, please.

Thank you. The Budget Committee reviewed this budget on May 26th through the 28th, 2026. Public input was received and the budget approved with adjustments as shown on page two of the staff report. We respectfully request approval of the resolution adopting Clackamas County's fiscal year 2627 budget, imposing property tax and categorization of the property tax. And we're happy to answer any questions.

Thank you, Elizabeth. Any questions or callings? Seeing none, I'll open the public hearing on this item. I want to moderate the in-person and a virtual testimony for us.

Good morning. If you'd like to testify on the Clackamas County budget, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket. Seeing none, I will turn to online testimony. If you would like to testify and are joining us via Zoom, please use the raise hand feature and I will call on you in the order presented.

I will now close the public hearing on this item. Any other comments?

Yes, sir, go ahead. Chair, I do have a comment. I want to take this opportunity to see here that the property tax rate for the unincorporated area essentially is $2.40 roughly per thousand and the city rate is $2.00. I'm sorry.

Opposite.

backwards So the that the city rate is two dollars and forty cents per thousand and the unincorporated rate is two dollars and ninety seven cents per thousand That is a delta of about fifty seven cents per thousand and the previous LED district that we talked about for those in that area. They're paying seventy point seven one cents per thousand more than a then the rest of the county cities included by the way and though the levy is County wide I just want to just point out that the the folks in the unincorporated area that ink that includes the ele district is paying a dollar 38 per thousand more than their city cohorts next door. And I do know that there's a mayor too adjacent to, has a city adjacent to this area that is paying more, but I don't think they recognize that there's that much money. And so when we talk about inequities, I think people might realize that The cost of doing business, including the public safety system, the courthouse, the DA, prosecution, all of that is not included in much of this or spoke to, but yet it's somehow embedded in these rates. So I just hope that conversations in the future get towards a more a better understanding of what people are paying um and i know that commissioner schrader and i have dealt with this for many years with this misunderstanding of the unincorporated aren't paying enough and i just want to say hey actually it's the other way around we're paying substantially more so chair i move we uh no i'm sorry we we already had the hearing right yes okay so i'll make the motion unless someone's anxious to make it I move we approve the resolution for adoption of the clashes count the public.

No, did you do the public hearing already? Did you close the public here?

Oh, I need to she close I just open it up for questions I think I got it right after you were done. There was questions Paul So I need to open it up for the hearing. Okay, still I believe you've done this when he wants to correct All right I didn't want to make any mistakes here. We don't have to do this over, right?

No. So Tony's confirmed you've opened the public hearing. I am opening it now. You already did. I did. You already did, but you haven't closed it yet. Okay.

Okay. Then I will officially close the public hearing. Yes. Thank you. Is that where we're at? Yes. I want to make sure.

Thank you.

All right. Any further comments then? All right, now we're ready, I guess.

Okay, I move we approve the resolution for the adoption of the Clackamas County fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with appropriations of $1,401,336,042. total budget amount of one billion five hundred and twenty eight million three hundred and five thousand one hundred ninety nine dollars and that the general government limitation property tax be two dollars point or two dollars point four zero four two per 1000 of assessed value for the permanent tax rate of Clackamas County City comma and two dollars point nine seven six six per 1000 of assessed value for the permanent tax rate of Clackamas County rural and zero point three six eight zero per 1000 assessed value for local option taxes and a general obligation bond debt service of five million nine hundred and fifty three thousand dollars, which is excluded from the limitation second

Okay, Commissioner Savas has moved to approve the resolution for the adoption of the Clackamas County fiscal year 2026-2027 budget with the appropriations of $1,401,336,042, a total budget amount of $1,401,336,042. $528,305,199 and that the general government limitation property tax be 2.4042 per 1,000 assessed value for the permanent tax rate of Clackamas County. The city is 2.9766 per 1,000 of assessed value for the permanent rate tax rate of Clackamas County. Rural and 0.3680 per 1,000 cest value for the local option tax and a general obligation bond service of $5,953,000, which is excluded from the limitation. Commissioner Helm has seconded that. And is there any further discussion? All right. Clerk, will you please call the poll?

Commissioner West. Aye. Commissioner Schroeder. Aye. Commissioner Helm.

Aye.

Commissioner Savas. Aye. Chair Roberts. Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

we all stand up and cheer.

congratulations and here at this moment I want to recognize Elizabeth Comfort as finance director as you know commissioner she is retiring from Clackamas County next week after seven years of dedicated service she agreed to stay through the budget adoption process which just finished so thank you Elizabeth we'll have your retirement party next week but I want to thank you for all you've done for the county and getting through this year's budget process thank you very much. All right, you are still, yes, yes. We are still in public hearing, second public hearing. Approval of a resolution adopting changed fees and fines for Clackamas County for fiscal year 2026-2027. No county general funds are involved. Jeff Munns, Assistant County Counsel, will present. Go ahead, please.

Yes, thank you, and good morning. The adoption of these fines and fees are following your hearings on February 17th for all county departments regarding new and increased fees. Some of these are adjusted through just... We had a percentage increase due to inflation and the CPI and also we had an ordinance 02-2026 amending ordinance 2-97 regarding the public land corner fee that was in April and on April 21st you had a policy session regarding cost recovery for fines fees and revenue agreements. All of those changes have been incorporated into appendices A and B to the county code and are attached and

following adoption the resolution will be updated July 1st 2026 All right any questions At this point I'll open the public hearing on this item and clerk we help us moderate that in person virtual testimony If you would like to testify on Clackamas County fees and fines, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket

Seeing none, I will turn to online testimony. If you're joining us via Zoom and would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature, and I will call on you in the order received.

Mr. Chair, I do not see any hands raised. All right, I will now close the public hearing on this item, and is there any further comments or discussion? Seeing none, is there a motion?

I move we approve the Clackamas County Fiscal Year 26-27 fees and fines as presented. Second.

All right. Commissioner Schroeder has moved to approve the Clackamas County fiscal year 2026-2027 fees and fines as presented. And Commissioner Helm is seconded that motion. Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll? Commissioner West.

Aye. Commissioner Salas. Aye. Commissioner Helm. Aye. Commissioner Schroeder. Aye. Chair Roberts. Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Gary. Thank you, Jeff. The final public hearing is approval of a board order adjusting solid waste management fee schedules and implementation of a residential reduced fee program. There is no fiscal impact... The funding is, though, through rate payers. There are no county general funds involved. Dan Johnson, Director of Transportation and Development, and Cheryl Bell, Assistant Director of Transportation and Development, will present. Go ahead, please. Thank you so much, Chair Roberts and Commission.

We are pleased to be your 15th and final public hearing of the day. In the interest of time, I'm going to turn it over to Assistant Director Cheryl Bell to run through the actions to date and a summary of the program proposal of the day.

Good morning, Chair Robinson, Commissioners 15. We are here today for a public hearing in advance of approval of a board order for adoption of the 2026 solid waste fees and implementation of a residential reduced rate fee program. On June 2, 2026, the board heard a policy session where you receive the results of the annual solid waste review and were presented with the solid waste commission's recommended fees for the upcoming fiscal year. During the policy session the board approved the solid waste Commission's collection infectious waste and transfer station fee recommendations to be effective July 1 2026 and the board approved implementation of an income qualified residential reduced fee program providing a 75% cost reduction to qualified participants the full fee increases in corresponding board order are provided as exhibits a and B in the staff report with this public hearing today and The proposed fees, as presented in Exhibit A, provide an operating margin of the total county composite of 8.12%. This is within the acceptable range of 8 to 12%, which is consistent with other communities in Oregon. Without the proposed fee increases, the estimated margin for cart and container falls to about 4.8%. So staff are here to answer any questions and support this public hearing today. At the conclusion of the hearing, staff respectfully recommend that the Board of Commissioners approve the attached board order adjusting the solid waste management fee schedules and implementation of the residential reduced fee program as recommended by the Solid Waste Commission.

Okay, thank you any questions comments callings I Will now open the public hearing on this item clerk. You want to help us moderate that in person virtual again, of course, mr. Chair I do have one public comment.

Mr. Mathias, please come forward Please introduce yourself you'll have three minutes All right

My name's Will Mathias. I work for B&B Leasing. Good morning, Board Chair Roberts and Commissioners. Again, my name's Will Mathias, Vice President of the Clackamas County Recycle and Refuse Association and CFO at B&B Leasing. B&B Leasing is Pam Bloom's company, and Pam regrets she wasn't able to make it here this morning to give this testimony. B&B Leasing is a family-owned company providing solid waste services since 1935 in Clackamas County. I'm speaking today on behalf of all Clackamas County franchise haulers in support of the proposed rate adjustment. And I want to thank the county and your staff for the thorough and transparent process that goes into setting these rates each year. As a small business, the stability and fairness of this franchise model is critical. We submit detailed financials, work closely with staff and the rate consultant, and rely on this partnership to continue delivering safe, reliable, and environmentally responsible service to Clackamas County residents and businesses. For companies like B&B Leasing, these rate reviews ensure we can continue to invest in equipment, safety, and our people, especially our frontline workers who get up at 3 or 4 a.m., rain or shine, to keep the county clean and functioning. B&B employs 57 people, many of whom support families in this community. A predictable rate structure ensures that we can provide union-backed living wage jobs while keeping costs fair and transparent for the people we serve. I'm proud to work for a small family-owned business, and I'm even more proud that I get to do it here in Clackamas County, where collaboration between public and private partners works. We understand concerns regarding affordability and the cumulative impact of cost increases on residents and businesses. Many of us live and work in these same communities and share those concerns. At the same time, approval of needed rate adjustments avoids accumulating greater cost pressure into the future rate cycles and avoids placing additional strain on the collection system's financial sustainability. B&B Leasing, along with all the franchise haulers serving Clackamas County, support the staff recommendation and urge you to adopt the rate adjustment as proposed so we can keep doing the work that helps this community thrive. Thank you all for your time. Thank you.

I do not have any other blue cards at this time. If you would like to testify, please fill out a blue card and place it in the basket. Seeing none, I will turn to online testimony. If you're joining us via Zoom and would like to testify, please use the raise hand feature, and I will call on you in the order received.

Mr. Chair, I do not see any hands raised. I will now close the public hearing on this item. Any other comments? All right. Is there a motion on the fees and fines?

I move we approve the board order adjusting solid waste management fee schedules and implementing a residential reduced fee program.

Second.

Commissioner Helm has moved to approve the board order adjusting solid waste management fee schedules and implementing a residential reduced fee program. Commissioner Schrader has seconded that. Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll? Commissioner Savas. Aye. Commissioner West. Aye.

Commissioner Schrader. Aye. Commissioner Helm. Aye. Chair Roberts. Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair. Thank you so much. Thank you very much.

And Gary. Thank you. Next is the consent agenda for the Board of County Commissioners. Tony, would you please read the consent agenda?

Good morning, commissioners. I need to stretch this out for about an hour and a half, so we'll see how that goes. Starting at the top of the list, I will start with Clackamas County consent agenda elected officials. Item one, approval of previous business meeting minutes for the Board of County Commissioners. Item two, or I'm sorry, transportation and development. Item one, Approval of the Contamination Reduction Reimbursement Funding Addendum with the Circular Action Alliance to receive state funds for required contamination reduction, education, and outreach. Total value is up to $1,919,552 through December 31, 2027. Funding is through the Circular Action Alliance. No county general funds are involved. Health Housing Human Services. Item one, approval of an amendment to subrecipient agreement with the City of Oregon City on behalf of the Pioneer Community Center for Services to Older Adults. Amendment value is $224,287 for 13 months. For a new total agreement value of $936,282 for four years. Funding is through the Oregon Department of Human Services and State. Transportation funds for older and disabled residents, no county general funds are involved. Item two, approval of an amendment to a subrecipient agreement with North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District on behalf of the Milwaukee Community Center for services to older adults. Amendment value is $403,544 for 13 months with a total agreement value of $1,756,061 for four years. Funding is through the Oregon Department of Human Services and state transportation funds for older and disabled residents. No county general funds are involved. This is the counterpoint to the NCPRD content agenda item. Item three, approval of an amendment to a subrecipient agreement with the City of Lake Oswego on behalf of its Lake Oswego Adult Community Center for services to older adults. Amendment value is $156,525 for 13 months for a total agreement value of $649,091 for four years. Funding is through the Oregon Department of Human Services and state transportation funds for older and disabled residents. No county general funds are involved. Item 4, approval of a grant agreement with the Federal Highway Administration for continuing Mount Hood Corridor Transit Service. Total agreement value is $2,860,000 for two years and three months. Funding is through the U.S. Department of Transportation. No county general funds are involved. Item 5, approval of a contract with Dugood Multnomah for shelter operations and housing case management services at Clackamas Village. Total contract value is $1,498,486 for one year. Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services measure funds. No county general funds are involved. Item 6, approval of an intergovernmental agreement with Metro Regional Government for funding new shelter investments. Total agreement value is $7 million for four years. Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services Metro Administrative Funds. No county general funds are involved. Item 7, approval of an amendment with El Programa Hispano. I'm going to... Catholico for supportive housing services amendment value is 1 million 300 I'm sorry 1 million three thousand four hundred and seventy dollars for one year total agreement value is two million six thousand nine hundred and forty dollars for two years funding is through Metro supportive housing services measure funds no County general funds are involved and Item 8, approval of an amendment to a personal services contract with the Father's Heart Street Ministry for shelter, housing navigation, case management, stable housing connections, and inclement weather services. Amendment value is $5,696,913 for one year. Total agreement value is $20,151,427.24 for four years. Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services Measure Funds. and $362,912 in budgeted county general funds. Item nine, approval of a personal services contract with Northwest Family Services for supportive housing case management and short-term rental assistance. Contract value is $3,087,385 for one year. Total agreement value is $6,174,770 for two years. Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services measure funds. No county general funds are involved. Item 10, approval of a personal services contract with Northwest Family Services for youth-focused housing, shelter, and rapid rehousing services. Contract value $1,668,315 for one year. Total agreement value $3,336,630 for two years. Funding is through Metro Supportive Housing Services measure funds, no county general funds are involved. Item 11, approval of an amendment to a personal services contract with both those family services for housing navigation and shelter at Casa Esperanza. Amendment value is $775,676 for one year. Total agreement value is $3,636,697. FOR FOUR YEARS, FUNDING THROUGH METRO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES MEASURE FUNDS AND $116,930 IN BUDGETED COUNTY GENERAL FUNDS. ITEM 12, APPROVAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR CONTINUATION OF A FEDERAL PASS-THROUGH GRANT FOR MOUNT HOOD EXPRESS OPERATIONS. APPLICATION VALUE IS $575,308 FOR TWO YEARS. FUNDING IS THROUGH THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WITH A REQUIRED MATCH OF $55,000 IN BUDGETED COUNTY GENERAL FUNDS. Item 13, approval of an application for continuation of a federal pass-through grant for preventative maintenance for transportation-reaching people, last-mile shuttles, and the Mount Hood Express vehicles. Application value is $200,000 for two years. Funding is through the Oregon Department of Transportation. No county general funds are involved. Item 14, approval of an amendment and subordination agreement to a home loan for the Town Center Courtyard Affordable Housing Project. No fiscal impact. No county general funds are involved. Transportation, item one. Apologies, tourism, item one. Approval of a professional services contract with Love Communications LLC to develop and implement an integrated destination marketing campaign through December 31st, 2027. Total contract value is not to exceed $800,000. Funding is through transient lodging tax revenue. No county general funds are involved. Mr. Chair, that concludes the list.

Great job, Tony. Is there any colleague that would like to remove anything from the consent agenda? Seeing none, may I have a motion?

I move we approve the consent agenda as read.

Second.

Commissioner Schrader has moved to approve the consent agenda as read, and Commissioner Helm is second to that. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll?

Commissioner West. Aye. Commissioner Salvas. Aye. Commissioner Helm.

Aye.

Commissioner Schrader. Aye. Chair Roberts. Aye. Motion passes 5-0, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Gary, what's next? Next is County Administrator Update. That's me. I like to share great news of our county employees. First, this might be a record of the most efficient board adoption business meeting you've ever had. Usually, I don't recall any that's gone under two hours. And depending how long you do commission communications, you're going to beat that record. We've got to keep it under two hours. I do want to say just focus on the budget and as you know commissioners the county budget process is not just today it was eight months prior to today eight months we start actively in November prior to the June adoption and there's probably just under 100 County employees total that work on preparing and developing budgets for all the departments some departments the smaller departments it's usually the director or the elected official themself doing it or maybe one support staff larger departments have maybe up to 10 or 20 staff that help them with budget development. But this is a long process and I want to thank all the staff in every department and office that works on this all year long. It is difficult, it is hard, because with fiscal constraints we are constantly, before it even gets to you, finding ways to trim, to reduce, to live within the financial means that you direct. And in particular the budget team at the county as well, Sandra Montoya, Elizabeth Comfort, Cindy Becker, have been phenomenal shepherding this process. And thank you for your leadership as well, commissioners, for helping us give the guidance we need to bring to you a proposal that you then react to. So that is my update for today. Thank you to all the staff that have worked on the budget all year long. We'll get a few weeks off, and then we'll start on next year's fiscal year. That is my update for today. Thank you, commissioners.

All right, we have communication and our goal is to keep it short maybe, huh? But I want everybody to kind of have a chance today to give any kind of input or thoughts. So Martha, you're on.

Yeah, I mean, I'm going to keep it short. Actually, what I really want to say is to thank Gary and the rest of the folks that work with us here who made this happen. This is, I think, in my recollection, Paul, I don't know if it's you, because you've been serving as long as I have, this is probably the fastest budget process ever. I've seen, but we made up for all the time we spent when we were basically doing the budget. That took hours and hours of work. So I don't think we're experiencing budget fatigue, but I think we were all relieved and happy to see it move ahead. And Gary, thank you and your teams and our policy advisors for moving us through this in a way efficiently. Yeah, we're efficient today, but we're largely efficient because of your work and how you present things to us. So, colleagues, I just want to give Gary a hand here.

Okay. Good job.

Thanks for all you do and for all the support you give us, Gary. And I'll stop with that. Okay. Thanks. All right. Commissioner Savas.

Yeah, I guess at times it's like a surreal moment. I think that, again, I think you're right. It probably was the swiftest budget adoption that I can recall. If not the fastest, probably close to. But I think it doesn't really speak, again, to what both Gary and Martha said. It takes a long time, a lot of work to develop the budget. I know it's painful. I know it ain't easy. And I think when I think about how households are doing right now and what I'm hearing from a lot of folks, I'm looking at, you know, people retiring or trying to retire or people that are retired or going back to work because they can't afford to pay their bills. I mean, it's like I think from people that are in that world right now are realizing that our dollar is really not going as far as it used to go. And that applies here. I do want to speak a little bit. I've had some people reach out to me about transportation here recently, ODOT, about a number of things. And I want to say this. And I know our folks in DTD do great work, and I do know that the dollars there are not going as far. And I do want to say that the cost of maintaining our roads or building our roads or getting things into compliance, whether it's curbs, sidewalks, all the safety issues, everything has gone up. And so our dollars in transportation are not going as far as they once did. And they're pretty well limited to our split with the state of 50, 30, 20. And I know that Clackamas County is not alone. All 36 counties, all the cities in the state of Oregon are experiencing the same thing. And I think it's fair to say that ODOT is too. I would say that somewhere in the middle is the facts. I don't know what those really exactly are. I can't speak on behalf of ODOT, but I can speak on behalf of the county on knowing that we're doing the best we can to maintain our roads. And I'm hoping that our state legislature can at least sort through the accountability aspects with ODOT. recognizing that, yeah, some of these large projects have accelerated significantly. A lot of that is due to inflation. Some of that is due to engineering errors and oversights. So I think that it's not as simple as inflation. And I know that a recent bigger issue is TriMet also struggling, but how they went about that and how they've been accountable or not or transparent or not is something that we'll see as that unfolds itself. I still don't have that understanding to know what we're getting for our dollar. I think a lot of people are paying for things in their taxes and maybe not realizing or seeing the benefit per se. And it's wicked, it's complex, but the surreal moment is knowing, again, not only our budget, but, again, households, the dollars aren't going far. And I know that retirement for everyone, including myself, looks quite different today than it did four years ago or five years ago or six years ago. So it's understood. Those pressures are real. And I just want to just convey, folks, I understand. And how we navigate, it's going to be tough. It's not going to be easy. And I just ask that everyone be patient and be understanding and inquire and ask. And we will try to respond if you have any questions about what we can do, what we're not doing, what we should be doing with our dollars. Chair, I yield back.

Thank you.

Thank you chair. So this is my 8th adoption of a public budget and my public service starting as a Wilson City Councilor and now as a commissioner, this is my last budget in this term. So I wish you guys all will going forward into the next 2027 budget when you guys will take this on again. and you know it's one of the most important things we do as commissioners is to provide oversight to the public dollars and make sure that we're being good stewards of the resources that the public has contributed to their county and I can't imagine i can't even think of a better public body than this one and what the work that we've done now this meeting went very efficiently and very quickly but the deliberations around this budget did not um over the last few years because i've never seen a body really dig in and really get into the weeds in a way that respected every single dollar where it was going how it was being spent And we have a reputation in Clackamas County that I hope that you guys will be vanguard of, and that's that we stay in the black. And we're not in the news for big shortfalls whenever we can avoid it. Now, there are unforeseen things, which we have contingency funds, but we don't want to have the reputation of emergency press conferences or, oh, we found $100-and-something million in the couch cushions for housing or... We're another $20 or $50 million short because we overspent over there and we got a little over our skis in this area. That's not how we have governed in Clackamas County and we've really worked hard to keep everything in check to not let it quickly rolls out of control and snowballs into oh in a way that you no longer have the money um to deliver the promises that that you've made to the public and then that erodes a public trust so though this was an uneventful budget adoption process you know we weren't agreeing to a budget that was 13 million dollars in the hole that previous boards did we didn't agree to do things that we couldn't afford other boards for this county did not have that same judicious responsibility and insight and principled stance on how to handle public dollars, but this board over the last few years, at least since I've been here since 2023, has. So I appreciate getting to serve with all of you and even the previous board when Tootie was chair and Commissioner Scholl was on this dais, they had those same principles. I think this board did the best, but I appreciate their service also. And so it's been an honor. And I think I can at least say that I think I'm hoping to leave the county in a better way than I found it with this adoption of this budget. And so I appreciate that. And that gives me a lot of pride in my public service. So thank you.

Thank you Yeah, so this was my second with the county But I did have previous budget adoptions with the city of Damascus when it was a city Although this was a quick adoption process. I think that we paid our dues coming into this I know this a lot of this starts with Gary and the fact that your department heads are directors are required to bring to you a balanced budget every year right and you make sure that happens and then you give it to us and I know hard work is done behind the scenes to make sure that all happens we do have very robust conversations about dollars around here. And I appreciate that from all of my colleagues because I do think it's our number one important, it's our responsibility to watch out for taxpayer dollars. So I think we paid our dues during budget week. That was, I think that this was like maybe The reason why this went so fast is we're like who we don't want to go through that again. I will say too It both disturbs me and baffles me how little public involvement there is both during budget week and here today during the budget adoption process We do get some people who are very outspoken. Thank you very much. We appreciate your comments. We hear you. We get constant communication as commissioners here about taxpayer dollars. And I just want everyone to know that I hear you. I mean, even if it's one person's opinion and we don't hear it from anybody else, your opinion counts and we listen. And we take that into account as we're adopting a budget. So I encourage everyone to be more engaged. And if you're tuning into this and you're seeing this budget adoption go through in an hour and 15 minutes, you're going, wow, what great rubber stampers they are, right? But that's certainly not the case. Certainly not the case. And then I'll just add, last night I attended Clackamas Service Center's open house. for their new awning. They had the home building foundation help them put an awning over the side of their service center that will protect people during both the heat as we had yesterday and the day before and also during the winter months. So it was a great event and I got a tour of Clackamas Service Center and They put on a great event with burgers and hot dogs. And they had quite a team of people there, people from their board. And they're doing good work in our community. And I just want to give a shout out to all the hard work that they do. So back to you, Chair.

All right. Well, where do I start? I think first and foremost is while we were extremely expedient in getting this done, I will echo what my colleagues said. There's so much behind the scenes that happens before today. And in fact, I want to start out by thanking Gary. It was actually... A year ago, I sat down with Gary, and he was kind enough to let me sit in on all the directors' budget presentations that they do to him. It's happened twice now, getting really kind of a personal handle on some of the challenges that many of these department heads are facing. And also, in order to balance their budgets, I also want to recognize that that they've kept positions open. They've had to eliminate positions and made some really difficult challenges. And I think that What I'm really pleased to see really is that I do see us making progress as I consider this one big team. And whether you're the sheriff's office or elections or no matter what you are, we really are part of the county. And it is vitally important that we're all collectively working together in the best interest of the people that we serve. And with that being said, I really have seen a dramatic improvement in county finance and the sheriff's office finance. I want to thank both their teams. I want to thank the sheriff and their finance team and county finance, and also kind of a shout-out to Dan Johnson, who's also kind of been a part of helping in many ways. And I think recognizing that... we are facing challenges financially. I mean, that's just the fact. And I think what's important to me for the public to understand that that we have to continually re-examine how we spend our dollars and how we deploy our resources. And we are doing that. And so a number of things we've had conversation with Gary about taking a second look at and making sure that we're just really using every dollar as efficiently as we can. And so with that, I... just want to thank all the people that have worked so hard behind the scenes and it does get tense because sometimes people see things at different perspectives and it but it is I feel like it has been an improvement and now the next step I kind of believe is that a long-range planning so we're looking further out and how we can better project in the future so thank you to Gary to your staff all your policy advisors that helped us get here as well and thanks to my colleagues and with that I want to thank everybody for joining us and there's no further business this will conclude one of the fastest budgeted options we've had so thank you