Remarks by Craig Roberts
181 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 8
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“All right. Well, it looks like we need a motion then.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 9, 2026
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“Commissioner Hall is moved to direct staff to continue to develop architectural plans and bring a final contract back to the board for review and approval. It's been seconded by Commissioner Schroeder. Any further discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll?”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 9, 2026
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“All right, thank you all for joining us this morning. Our next meeting will be our business meeting tomorrow.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 9, 2026
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“FYI. Thanks for the information. All right, we're adjourned.”
Board of County Commissioners · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, good morning, everyone. I will now call to order the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners Business Meeting for August 13th, 2026. County Administrator Gary Smith, will you please call the roll for us today?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Chair Roberts. Here, thank you. Would you please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? Yes. Again, thank you everyone for joining us. And now before we move on for public communication, I'm going to ask Gary for some updates on our fire matter, Gary.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“All right. Well, that was a fantastic update. I'm sure we have a lot of questions. Commissioner Salvas.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yeah, just a couple questions, one of which is, I also see here, I know this isn't in our county, but it's a red flag warning for scattered thunderstorms over in more eastern Oregon, and can you enlighten us anything more about that?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay. And then the only other question I had is maybe you can talk about like what it takes to get state or federal reimbursement at some point in time and just to understand that more.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Our employees, Clackamas County, are going there, and it's a declaration, then we have the ability to get reimbursement for those financial commitment, I guess, from the county. Is that correct?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“And the other positive aspect of that, which I believe wholeheartedly, is you also have that employee come back with a lot more experience in managing fires, which is a benefit if, unfortunately, it hits our county. So I wholeheartedly support that. So thank you for doing that. Commissioner West has another comment. Just a quick question.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“All right. If there's no other questions, we don't need any board action. Just want to thank you again and your wonderful staff for giving us an update the other day. And we appreciate it. We'll probably be looking forward to seeing you again soon. So thank you. Thank you. Okay, next up is public communication, and testimony is limited to three minutes per person. I just ask your comments be respectful and courteous. As a reminder, you can email submissions for public communication at bcc at clackamas.us, and they'll be accepted as part of the public record. I will start out with in-person…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. And also, Dan, thank you for contacting Lori. You're on top of it. I appreciate it. He is on it, this last issue we're addressing. So with that, I'll now close the public communication portion and turn to Gary as to what do you have next for us this morning. Thank you, Chair.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Well, I think we have staff look into it. Okay.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you, Andrew. I'll now close the public hearing. Any comments from commissioners? Not seeing any. Can I have a motion from one of my colleagues here today?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Second. All right, Commissioner Savas is moved to approve the boundary change proposal 2026-006. Commissioner West is second of that. Any other discussion? Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll? Commissioner West. Aye.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“All right. With that, I'll open the public hearing on this item. And Andrew, ask for your help.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, I'll close the public hearing portion and give commissioners a chance to comment. I see Commissioner West has a question or comment. Go ahead, sir.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“Great, thank you, Ken. Commissioner Salas.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“No, I very much appreciate that. And I think also just... I honestly agree with my colleagues just as countywide. We're looking at a variety of senior Options, and I feel like we can't have enough of all of them right now so and that you're Are a 501 C 3 that meets those Nonprofit guidelines that I know you have to do so I think that's the other piece that I noticed and I also want to say just that on another front, I have been working with another group that is working on more low-income housing for seniors. So I'm very excited about some other options in the county that would we're looking…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“All right. Well, thank you for being here for us today. So with that being said, is there a motion on this matter? Move we allow the issuance of tax exempt revenue bonds by Willamette view I'll second all right Commissioner Savas has moved to allow the issuance of a tax exempt revenue bonds by Willamette view commission was the second of that motion and is there any further discussion or comments I Seeing none, clerk, will you please call the poll? Commissioner West.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“All right, thank you very much. So now I'll recess as Board of County Commissioners convene as a hospital facility authority of Clackamas County. And we're going to go to the next step of this, Gary.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026
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“All right. Next, we open the public hearing on the side of the clerk. Help us there.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 13, 2026