Remarks by Kathryn Harrington
97 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“Great. Thank you. We are back in open session, having returned from executive session. So next, formal agenda item discussion. Does anyone have any questions about we don't have a consent agenda tonight on the Washington County Board of Commissioners meeting packet? Could I ask a question?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. So next, why don't we go through leadership communication?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“And also, logistically, I'm assuming we'll, will we still have our iPad things? Or, or will we just have this camera?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“So bring your own monitors. Where you sit may need to be over there and switching seats with your family.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Could we just make sure that this room is available for all those Tuesdays? Yep.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Just one other thing. Board clerks, if we can also get a sign or something to keep people from approaching the table before and after the meeting, that'd be great. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. And congratulations on six years. Can you believe it? In some ways, it's six more. Right.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'll say that there are two different kinds of requests. Many of the requests that I'm aware of from our executive leadership at Clean Water Services, regarding Clean Water Services, public records requests have to do with projects and permitting and Clean Water Services rule, which is very different than general public records requests. So when Washington County gets questions about permits and processes, LUT handles those as Better, of course. And so that is entirely different than official public records requests that Courtney is talking about. I think the volume is very different.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Okay, now over to board communication. Who would like to go first? I would. Okay. Thank you.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Well, first on your last thing with Head Start, such a request and letter response needs to go through review by our county council's office.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“How would you go about it, Chair? You have a staff assistant who can help you compose a letter for consideration that any letter that we consider as a board needs to also get reviewed by COUNTY COUNCIL AND OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, but still active. Yeah, still active. But I don't know by law if two can constitute a required state quorum, but that's not ours to decide. That's per their legal counsel to help advise them. But it's a really sad situation. It's very unfortunate.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“the iq director on putting together a budget for the next year that's all i got impressive good so for me i'm looking forward to the lamb groundbreaking uh tomorrow i have a ANOTHER PERSONAL LONG WEEKEND, JUST AS I HAD LAST WEEKEND, BUT THIS TIME I'M TRAVELING OUT OF STATE. THANK YOU TO VICE CHAIR WILLIE FOR BEING AT THE READY FOR BOTH OF THOSE LONG WEEKENDS.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER YES. NEW SPEAKER NEXT WEEK I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DISTRICT ONE SPARK MEETING. MS. ANGIE AND I WILL BE JOINTLY AUTHORING A MEMO TO ALL OF THE SPARKS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT IS ON THE COUNTY PLATE AND POR. THEN THE ROUND TABLE FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH, THE AGENDA IS SLIGHTLY CHANGED. ONE OF THE TOPICS BOARD GOVERNANCE IS MOVING TO Hopefully, I said the September 10th roundtable is now moved to the October roundtable. I also had my one-on-one with CWS GM Rahim Harji and followed up with him yesterday since Commissioner Director Fai let us know that she's reneged on attending. WEFTEC, as…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Just Jason and Rahim and staff. So at this juncture, that's all I have to contribute to board communication, but I would like us to use the remaining time to come back to data center discussion to allow Commissioner Snider, myself, and Commissioner Willey to discuss the ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE. I FIRST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC, THERE IS NO SANCTIONED WASHINGTON COUNTY DATA CENTER WORK GROUP FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY NOR FROM THIS BOARD. COMMISSIONER FI HAS CONVENED HER OWN PERSONAL DATA CENTER WORK GROUP AND AS IS HER RIGHT AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO DO SO USING NO COUNTY…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“So it's just a data center work group IN THE AREA OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, BUT IT'S IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH US AS A WASHINGTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT. SO SINCE WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, COMMISSIONER FYE IS PROPOSING A MORATORIUM IN THE LETTER, A PAUSE IN HER TEMPORARY PAUSE IN HER LANGUAGE, AND COMMISSIONER TREES IS OPPOSING A MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TWO OF THEM CONVENING A COUNTY BOARD EFFORT FOR A ROBUST AND WELL INFORMED DISCUSSION ON DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE UUA'S. I AS ONE OF FIVE WANT TO SAY THAT THERE IS MUCH confusion in the public about our role as a county government and what we do.…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER COULD YOU GUYS SECURE THAT AND GET US ANY BRIEF DESCRIPTION ABOUT WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY BE GOING THROUGH, WHAT THEIR plan within that timeframe might be, that's all. Because I've not had, with all the other things I've been doing as chair, including business for next Tuesday, I've not had the bandwidth to follow the City of Hillsboro process.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER Well, I WAS JUST ASKING FOR SOMETHING ABOUT THE CITY OF HILLSBOROUGHS.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“So if you could, YOU READ A STATEMENT, I COULDN'T TAKE NOTES FAST ENOUGH, SO IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT IN WRITING WITH US FOR NEXT TUESDAY, THAT WOULD BE USEFUL. NEW SPEAKER Absolutely.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“METRO AND DISTRICT FOUR, IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, IT'S JUST DISTRICT FOUR. SO IT'S NOT ALL OF WASHINGTON COUNCIL. NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU. NEW SPEAKER SO I ASSUME THAT MEANS THE NEW METRO COUNCILOR FOR DISTRICT FOUR AND HIS STAFF PERSON? NEW SPEAKER I THINK SO. NEW SPEAKER PARDON ME? NEW SPEAKER I THINK SO. and you haven't had any meetings yet is what I've heard.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“So I'll just say that I don't think we're going to come to a firm resolution next Tuesday about any potential work plan, okay? Because I think that discussion needs to help inform first, do we want to have any such work plan to be developed or not? Because I'm hearing different things like certainty involving local jurisdictions, CBOs, so on and so forth, which then gets into something of the scale of the Washington County 50-year transportation effort that was before I was on the commission. It goes back to when I was a Metro counselor. Commissioner Treece was on that in her former life. I…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“August 25th, 2026, Washington County Board of Commissioners meeting. Thank you for finding us this evening. I want to explain that the reason we're not meeting in the auditorium is because the HVAC system has not been working, and we have found our last few meetings that it gets rather warm, especially in the evening, and it's very uncomfortable in there. As such, We're prepared on those hot days to move into this room because the HVAC system has a part that needs to be manufactured and it's going to be at least seven weeks before it's here and installed. So thank you very much to our staff…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026
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“Here. Thank you. Would everyone who is able to stand please stand and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Next up, we have our first public communication session for this evening, which will last a total of 10 minutes maximum. This is an opportunity for members of our community to speak to the board about any topic they wish for up to two minutes an individual. Clerk Moss, who do we have this evening?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 25, 2026