Remarks by Kit Johnston
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“Yeah, I'd go if you're interested, I'd go look at that case and see what the resolution was. They definitely were continued to grow marijuana after that court case. Yeah.”
“And we are on to, let me make sure I'm in order here. I, so I wants consideration approval to designate narcotics detection canine Rojo as surplus property after eight and a half years of service and further authorized current canine handler deputy Jacob Halverson to purchase Rojo for $1 and allow every other weekend visitation rights to Commissioner Sterritt. Oh wait, sorry, sorry about that. I. and designee uh visitors of commissioner starts um sorry about that i'm going to redo that just in case uh consideration approval to designate narcotics detection canine rojo as surplus property…”
“Cool. You guys got a little rundown you want to give us?”
“All right. Thanks, guys, for coming and giving us an update on the stats. There's been a motion made by Commissioner King. Is there any further discussion?”
“None. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you.”
“You want to go up front and get a picture?”
“Sometimes there's a question of what you can do as a commissioner and this is whatever you want When you talk about the”
“Thank you, guys. All right, we're going to move on to I-2's consideration of approval to authorize Sheriff Sam Elliott to designee or designee to apply and, if awarded, accept a Department of Public Safety Standards and Training grant in the amount of $1,500. Move approval. Motion's been made. Any further discussion?”
“None. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. I-3's consideration of a contract employee agreement between Yamil County Planning Department and Jeff Clevenger to perform building, plumbing, and mechanical inspections in the amount of $75 per hour effective September 1st, 2026 through September 1st, 2028. I would move approval. Is there any further discussion?”
“All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. I force consideration of approval of Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. P0-44300-000-44294 between Yamil County Behavioral Health and Oregon Health Authority, Board Order 25-241, adding federal terms and conditions and catalog of federal domestic assistance number effective upon full execution through June 30, 2027. I move approval. Motion's been made. Any further discussion? None. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. I file for consideration approval of a…”
“Motion's been made. Any further discussion?”
“All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. I6 is consideration of approval of an agreement between Yamhill County Health and Human Services and Willamette Education Service District to serve on the Yamhill Polk Behavioral Safety Assessment Team retroactively effective August 14, 2026 until terminated.”
“none all those in favor signify by saying aye aye aye motion passes you now so thank you I-7's consideration of approval of Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. PW-26002-CON between Yamhill County Public Works and Roy Howe Construction LLC, increasing the total amount to $1,073,574, effective upon full execution through October 31. And we have Greg here if you've got any questions. none for me i would move approval is there any further discussion none none all those in favor signify by saying aye aye motion passes unanimously thanks for coming greg thank you I-8 is consideration of approval of an…”
“All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Motion passes unanimously. Thank you. I-9 is consideration of approval of change orders number 2, 3, 4, and 5 to a contract between Yamaha County and Haworth Construction, Inc., Board Order 26-014, updating the scope of work and increasing the total contract amount to $1,723,330.59, retroactive effective through September 1, 2026. Chair, can we have Ken just kind of give us a little summary? You betcha.”
“I will say, too, that there was also some projects that we didn't get charged extra for that we potentially could have. I remember one issue with a sprinkler line possibly having to be moved or something that they actually just went ahead and did it because they were already there and it easily could have been a change order. But I felt like it was a nice kind of back and forth. These are all, yeah, very reasonable land.”
“There's even glass entryways we reused, doors we reused. There was inventory of doors when we bought the building that we used. We were dang thorough. I was very impressed. I was part of the meetings weekly for construction and I was very impressed on how well it was all coordinated and used every last thing that we could.”
“don and payworth and kit i'm looking forward to the construction to the transitional house yes where are we at with that i don't know if i have the latest update i think uh”
“All right. My lost track. We had a motion. uh if not i'll make a motion to approve uh any further discussion none all those in favor signify by saying aye aye motion passes unanimously thank you thanks dawn for coming thank you uh jay's public hearings there is none so that brings us to announcements”
“you're going to be moved from one program to the other a lot going on in that area thank you uh wednesday we had our ledge committee for council of governments we discussed priority projects some of those have a city nexus with the sewer and water infrastructure upgrades basically the main goal that is for us as a group as a ledge committee with cog to just support those as they go through legislature if there is any projects um ours that's more uh county related would be transportation projects so like lafayette and 18 mcdougall intersection projects like that would be safety upgrades we…”
“So plan commission night, 7 o'clock here. And then, man, go support your state fair. They're still going on right now. go buy those tickets, go watch those concerts. It's going to be, it was a rough last couple of days with it raining like this and not, I've been at state fairs before where it's rained, so it's not unprecedented, but it definitely hurts attendance rates. So make it up this weekend, go enjoy the state fair, get yourself some ice cream and scones and enjoy a concert. And with that, if there's nothing else for the good of the order.”
“Happy birthday. And with that, we're going to close it out at 1102. Thanks for everybody for coming.”
“All right. Good morning, everybody. I'm going to open up this Yamil County Board of Commissioners formal session on August 27th at 10 a.m. And I will lead us in the flag salute. 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. That brings us up to our calendar session. Is there any changes? None. Public comment, if you're here to make public comment, raise your hand. Or if you're online, raise your virtual hand. Seeing none, we'll move on. EAS Department…”
“So if there's not a super rush, then we can just put this off to a further meeting, basically. Is that what you're requesting?”
“We'll just get it ironed out if you're okay moving it out. And that's the request is to move it out. Yes, please. So I make a motion to remove consent agenda item G1 and move to approve. You want all one motion, Ken, or you want me to separate motions?”
“And do you need a vote on that though? No. Okay.”