2024-352-Order No. 2024-049 Recorded 12/30/2024REVIE Recorded in Deschutes County �.JZ®2��3PJ�
G Steve Dennison, County Clerk
�Commissioners' Journal 12/30/2024 ,12:12:52 PM
LEGAL COUNSEL
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCI-IU"fES COUNTY, OREGON
An Order Appointing Kent Vander Kamp to the �
Office of Deschutes County Sheriff ORDER NO.2024-049
WHEREAS, Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson will vacate the Office of Sheriff effective at
11:59pm on December 31, 2024; and
WHEREAS, ORS 236.210 provides that the Board of County Commissioners shall appoint a person to
perform the duties of the Office of Deschutes County Sheriff until the vacancy is filled by election; and
WHEREAS, at the general election on November 5, 2024, Kent Vander Kamp was elected to the Office
of Deschutes County Sheriff, with a term to begin on January 6, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Kent Vander Kamp has been identified as the most qualified person to perform the duties
ofthe Office of Deschutes County Sheriff until the vacancy is filled by the Sheriff -Elect on January 6, 2025; and
WHEREAS, Kent Vander Kamp meets the requirements for appointment to the Office of Deschutes
County Sheriff; now therefore,
TFIF BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCI IUTES COUN"fY, OREGON, I113REBY
ORDERS as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to ORS 236.210, effective at 12:00 a.m., on January 1, 2025, Kent Vander
Kamp is appointed Deschutes County Sheriff and is charged with performing the duties of the Office Until the
vacancy is filled by the Sheriff -Elect on January 6, 2025.
Dated this i 0 f l? • , 2024
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Recording Secretary
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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PATH ADAIR, Chair
ANTHONY DeBONE, Vice Chan`
PI III, C11ANG, Comm ssioner
PAGE I OF I - ORDER NO.2024-049
2� BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
MEETING DATE: December 18, 2024
SUBJECT: Appointment of Kent Vander Kamp as Deschutes County Sheriff for the period of
January 1, 2025 until his term of office begins on January 6, 2025
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Move approval of Board Order No. 2024-049 appointing Sheriff -Elect Kent Vander Kamp as
Deschutes County Sheriff for the period of January 1, 2025 through January 5, 2025.
BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
Sheriff -Elect Vander Kamp takes his elective office on January 6, 2025. Sheriff Nelson has
designated December 31, 2024 as his last day as Sheriff. Pursuant to ORS 236.210, the Board
of County Commissioners shall appoint a person to perform the duties until such time as the
Sheriff -Elect's term of office begins on January 6, 2025. Sheriff Nelson is supportive of this
appointment, and Sheriff -Elect Vander Kamp has agreed to the appointment.
BUDGET IMPACTS:
None
ATTENDANCE:
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