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BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
1300 NW Wall Street, Bend, Oregon
(541 ) 388-6570
Recorded in Deschutes County OJ2025-33
Steve Dennison; County Clerk
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BOCC MEETING MINUTES
9:00 AM WEDNESDAY January 15, 2025
Barnes Sawyer Rooms
Live Streamed Video
Present were Commissioners Anthony DeBone and Phil Chang. Also present were
Whitney Hale, Deputy County Administrator; Kim Riley, Senior Assistant County Counsel; and
Brenda Fritsvold, BOCC Executive Assistant.
This meeting was audio and video recorded and can be accessed at the Deschutes County
Meeting Portal website www.deschutes.org/meetings.
CALL TO ORDER:
Chair DeBone called the meeting to order at 9:00 am and noted the excused absence of
Commissioner Adair, who is attending Visit Central Oregon's strategic retreat today.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CITIZEN INPUT:
• Mark Dickens apologized for raising his voice when speaking with Commissioner
DeBone by phone yesterday. Explaining that he has been dealing with a frustrating
situation for eight years, he invited the Commissioners to attend a meeting he has
scheduled tomorrow with County Counsel regarding his contention that a building
official is abusing his authority.
CONSENT AGENDA: Before the Board was Consideration of the Consent Agenda.
1. Approval of agreement with PacificSource for Choice Model Services
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2. Consideration of Board Signature on letter reappointing Lauren James for service
on the Vandevert Acres Special Road District
3. Consideration of Board Signature on letters thankingJeannie Adkins, appointing
Denise Salvage, and reappointing Greg Gettig and Adrian Watt for service on the
Lazy River Special Road District
4. Consideration of Board Signature on letters thanking Debra Grinols and
appointing Nancy Fontyn for service on the Ponderosa Pines East Special Road
District
5. Consideration of Board Signature on letter thanking Jessica Vierra for service on
the Behavioral Health Advisory Board
6. Approval of the minutes of the December 11 and 18, 2024 BOCC meetings
CHANG: Move Board approval of Consent Agenda as presented
DEBONE: Second
VOTE: ADAI R: (absent)
CHANG: Yes
DEBONE: Chair votes yes. Motion Carried 2 - 0
ACTION ITEMS:
7. Recognition of Central Oregon Community College's 75th Anniversary
The Commissioners welcomed Dr. Laurie Chesley who has served as president
of Central Oregon Community College (COCC) for six years. Commissioner
DeBone recalled that COCC is the first community college established in the
state of Oregon.
Dr. Chesley shared that COCC traces its origins back to a basement room of the
old Bend Senior High School, and today serves over 12,000 students each year
from Deschutes County and four neighboring counties.
In response to Commissioner Chang, Dr. Chesley confirmed that a capital
campaign is underway on a new building in Madras which will replicate COCC's
early childhood education program, nursing program, CNA program, and
medical assistants program while also including space for childcare.
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Commissioner De(cane noted that COCC helps people to earn credentials and be
work -ready to launch or change careers.
Dr. Chesley spoke to the college's robust pre -apprentice program in construction
and said it is working to develop a similar program in manufacturing, with plans
for an advanced manufacturing technology center in Redmond.
Commissioner DeBone commented that the COCC Foundation works to raise
funds for capital projects, programs and scholarships. Dr. Chesley said the
Foundation awarded $2 million in scholarships last year.
Commissioner Chang expressed appreciation for the opportunities which COCC
has offered to the community for 75 years and remarked on the special
partnership with the County's Public Health division to educate and train needed
healthcare workers.
Dr. Chesley added that partners such as Neighborlmpact have been
instrumental in helping to address the region's childcare needs, and St. Charles
will be involved as COCC develops a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
Dr. Chesley concluded by inviting the Commissioners to attend COCC's
upcoming State of the College event on January 291"
OTHER ITEMS:
• Commissioner Chang shared that he will be at a meeting of the Oregon
Transportation Commission tomorrow.
• Commissioner DeBone attended the State of the State address in Salem.
• Commissioner DeBone attended the South County/La Pine Economic
Development meeting yesterday where the topic of constructing an
incubator spec building was discussed.
• Commissioner DeBone noted various AOC meetings last Friday and this past
Monday.
• Commissioner DeBone referred to the upcoming 2025 legislative session and
spoke to advocating for the County's road -related priorities, foremost among
these the maintenance of the current Statewide funding ratio of gas tax
revenues.
• Deputy County Administrator Whitney Hale reported on the current
recruitment to fill three positions on the Fair Board, saying the County has
received 13 applications. Commissioners Chang and DeBone were both
interested to participate in interviews for these positions and both also
supported whittling down the number of persons to be interviewed.
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Hale reminded that the Board is scheduled to present at the annual
Leadership Bend meeting next Tuesday. Jen Patterson, Strategic Initiatives
Manager, shared a draft presentation for the Board's review. The
Commissioners directed edits to the presentation.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS:
At 9:41 am, the Board entered executive session under ORS 192.660 (2) (h) Litigation and
ORS 192.660 (2) (d) Labor Negotiations. The Board also convened as the Governing Body
for the Deschutes County 911 Service District for one of the matters pursuant to ORS
192.660(2)(d).
At 10:45 am, the executive session concluded and the public was invited to return to the
room. The Board then directed staff to proceed as discussed during the executive session.
ADJOURN:
Being no further items to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:46 am.
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ATTEST:
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RECORDING SECRETARY
ANTHONY DEBONE, CHAIR
PAT I ADAIR, VICE CHAIR
PHIL CHANG, &MMISSIONER
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING
9:00 AM, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025
Barnes Sawyer Rooms - Deschutes Services Building - 1300 NW Wall Street - Bend
(541) 388-6570 1 www.deschutes.org
AGENDA
MEETING FORMAT: In accordance with Oregon state law, this meeting is open to the public and
can be accessed and attended in person or remotely, with the exception of any executive session.
Members of the public may view the meeting in real time via YouTube using this link:
http://bit.ly/3mminzy. To attend the meeting virtually via Zoom, see below.
Citizen Input: The public may comment on any topic that is not on the current agenda.
Alternatively, comments may be submitted on any topic at any time by emailing
citizeninput@deschutes.org or leaving a voice message at 541-385-1734.
When in -person comment from the public is allowed at the meeting, public comment will also be
allowed via computer, phone or other virtual means.
Zoom Meeting Information: This meeting may be accessed via Zoom using a phone or computer.
• To join the meeting via Zoom from a computer, use this link: http://bit.ly/3h3ogdD.
• To join by phone, call 253-215-8782 and enter webinar ID # 899 4635 9970 followed by the
passcode 013510.
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comment, if and when allowed. If using a phone, press *9 to indicate you would like to speak and
*6 to unmute yourself when you are called on.
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You may experience a brief pause as your meeting status changes. Once you have joined as a
panelist, you will be able to turn on your camera, if you would like to.
Deschutes County encourages persons with disabilities to participate in all
programs and activities. This event/location is accessible to people with disabilities.
If you need accommodations to make participation possible, call (541) 388-6572 or
email brenda.fritsvold@deschutes.org.
Time estimates: The times listed on agenda items are estimates only. Generally, items will be heard in
sequential order and items, including public hearings, may be heard before or after their listed times.
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
CITIZEN INPUT: Citizen Input may be provided as comment on any topic that is not on the
agenda.
Note: In addition to the option of providing in -person comments at the meeting, citizen input comments
may be emailed to citizeninput@deschutes.org or you may leave a brief voicemail at 541.385.1734..
CONSENT AGENDA
Approval of agreement with PacificSource for Choice Model Services
2. Consideration of Board Signature on letter reappointing Lauren James for service on the
Vandevert Acres Special Road District
3. Consideration of Board Signature on letters thanking Jeannie Adkins, appointing Denise
Salvage and reappointing Greg Gettig and Adrian Watt, for service on the Lazy River
Special Road District
4. Consideration of Board Signature on letters thanking Debra Grinols and appointing
Nancy Fontyn, for service on the Ponderosa Pines East Special Road District
5. Consideration of Board Signature on letter thanking Jessica Vierra for service on the
Behavioral Health Advisory Board
6. Approval of the minutes of the December 11 and 18, 2024 BOCC meetings
ACTION ITEMS
7. Recognition of Central Oregon Community College's 75th Anniversary
OTHER ITEMS
These can be any items not included on the agenda that the Commissioners wish to discuss as part of
the meeting, pursuant to ORS 192.640.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS
At any time during the meeting, an executive session could be called to address issues relating to ORS
192.660(2)(e), real property negotiations; ORS 192.660(2)(h), litigation; ORS 192.660(2)(d), labor
negotiations, ORS 192.660(2)(b), personnel issues, or other executive session categories.
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Executive sessions are closed to the public; however, with few exceptions and under, specific guidelines,
are open to the media.
8. Executive Session under ORS 192.660 (2) (h) Litigation
9. Executive Sessions under ORS 192.660 (2) (d) Labor Negotiations
ADJOURN
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