Remarks by Jerry Willey
15 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 11:59
“Are we charging appropriately for public records?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“They're just struggling with some of this. Oh, are they? Well, so...”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER LAST TUESDAY I WENT TO MEET WITH THE GASTON CITY COUNCIL. THEY WERE CONSIDERING OPTING OUT OF THE CDBG CONSORTIUM. And I couldn't convince them not to do that. So they have issued a letter, a formal letter to Washington County opting out of the CDBG program, which means that their residents are no longer eligible for it. And yeah, I think that's unfortunate. Wednesday, I attended the Banks Trailhead portion of the Salmonberry Trail. So in the city of Banks at the trailhead of the Banks-Vernonia Trail and subsequently will be the very trail. There's a portion of property that that…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 31:28
“Well, and COPAC helped North Plains get a million-dollar brownfield cleanup grant.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 31:36
“that now there's some question as to whether or not they're going to be able to facilitate that. So COPAC is going to step in and has been also helping on that. And so I believe COPAC is going to step in and help make sure that North Plains actually can use that money on the property that was approved. Also, I attended the Forest Trust Lands meeting on Zoom with ODF, of course, and there was a lot of discussion. It was a two-hour meeting presentation regarding the forest management plan that continues to be a concern, obviously, for the Trustland counties, and so we continue to try and work…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 44:38
“I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION THAT'S COMMUNICATED OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY IN A PARTICULAR MEDIA PERSON. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE all the factual information communicated, and certainly so that everybody would be on the same page. Clean Water Services is working with their permit system on this. They have not come back with their recommendations, or if there are any recommendations.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 45:18
“Well, and also what I found out is that, you know, if you listen to the public meetings, they're dumping, they're using a lot of water and they're dumping it back into our system. And that's just not true. Every one of the data centers in Hillsborough are closed system. So, you know, they're not completely consuming water every day on those things. But anyway, that's just one of them. And so there's a lot of misinformation out there, and I would be encouraged on that. But I kind of was hoping that Hillsborough's moratorium would bring out this kind of information. And so since we really don't…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 46:55
“NEW SPEAKER Yeah, they have a moratorium, and it was 120-DAY MORATORIUM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE DATE OF THAT IS.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 47:33
“All right. Then probably we should put together just a little bit of an understanding as to why we would or would not support moratorium. OR PUT TOGETHER A STUDY GROUP ON DATA CENTERS FROM THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 47:53
“NEW SPEAKER I CAN FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 50:38
“NEW SPEAKER Can I ask one more question?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 50:41
“NEW SPEAKER So, Nafisa, you said that it wasn't in conjunction or in partnership with Washington County, which we emphasized that you couldn't do that. Why is Metro one of your”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“I have an actual conflict of interest. The conflict arises because the proposed vehicle registration fee would apply to me and my relatives who own vehicles registered in Washington County. Because this is an actual conflict of interest, I am recusing myself from any discussion of this matter. PURSUANT TO ORS 244.120, SUB 2, SUB B, SUB B, IF MY VOTE IS NECESSARY TO MEET A REQUIREMENT OF MINIMUM NUMBER OF VOTES TO TAKE ACTION, I WILL VOTE ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 51:00
“Vice Chair Willey. I have an actual conflict of interest. The conflict arises because the proposed vehicle registration fee would apply to me and my relatives who own vehicles registered in Washington County. Because this is an actual conflict of interest, I am recusing myself from any discussion of this matter pursuant to ORS 244 If my vote is necessary to meet a requirement of a minimum number of votes to take action, I will vote on the proposed ordinance.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 1:09:57
“Yeah, you ended it with program, and I thought there's no P in there. It is a program.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026