2025-146-Minutes for Meeting May 16,2025 Recorded 5/29/2025ON�v-c E S rOG i
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Steve Dennison, County Clerk
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DESCHUTES COUNTY
LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION UPDATE
7:30 AM
FRI DAY, MAY 16, 2025
ZOOM MEETING
A legislative delegation update was held on Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7:30 a.m. via Zoom Virtual
Meeting Platform.
Deschutes County Attendance:
Commissioner Anthony DeBone, Chair
x Commissioner Patti Adair, Vice Chair
x Commissioner Phil Chang
x
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Kristie Bollinger, Property Manager
Sara Crosswhite, Director 9-1-1
Chris Doty, Director Road Department
Charles Fadeley, Justice of the Peace
Stephen Gunnels, District Attorney
Holly Harris, Director Behavioral Health
Deevy Holcomb, Director Community
Justice
Sean Kirk, Manager Veteran's Services
Tom Kuhn, Public Health Program
Manager
Tania Mahood, Director Information
Technology
Elizabeth Pape, Internal Auditor
x Nick Lelack, County Administrator
x Erik Kropp, Deputy County Administrator
x Whitney Hale, Deputy County
Mr
rator
nell, Director Solid Waste
nnison, County Clerk
yle, Legal Counsel
arceau, Director Health Services
towsky, Director Community
mentinds, Director Fair &Expo
Heather Kaisner, Director Public Health
Bill Kuhn, Treasurer
Scot Langton, Assessor
x I Kevin Moriarty, Forester
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Initiatives Manager
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Lee Randall, DirectorAngie Powers, BOCC Administrative
Facilities
RobertTintle, Chief Financial Officer
Assistant Wells, Undersheriff
Aaron
Kim Riley, Senior Assistant Legal Counsel x et & Financial Planning
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Kent van der Kan".
Sheriff Daniel Kieffer, Budg
Heather Herauf, Procurement Manager Analyst
tant Director
Road x Brenda Fritsvold, BOCC Execu
Cody Smith, Assistive Assistant
Department
Others Present: Advocates Corey Barber, Outreach Director NW Policy
x
Doug Riggs, Director NW Policy Advocates
Emma Innes, Associate NW Policy
Advocates
Legislators Present: x Representative E. Werner Resch e
x Senator Mike McLane x
Reagan Knopp, Representative Vikki
x Senator Diane Linthicum
Breese-Iverson's office
Welcome and Introductions
Vice Chair Adair called the meeting to order at 7:30 a.m.
2. Commissioner Updates compared
reported the revenue forecast was down by $500 million as
available for spending is up by
Doug Riggs repo sand Means
due to inflation. Ways to the last forecast in March.
biennium, but costs areup
� le loss of federal
$2 billion from the last r in revenue projections and possible
is concerned over the drop
Medicaid funding. Rig s said that
Noting that several C. team members are registered to testify, gg
second and final Capital Construction Subcommittee hearing•
today is the s but SB 75 and
the Climate Committee yesterday,
Wildfire bill SB 85 passed through SB 83 are being held back at the request of the Speaker.
3, Updates and Briefing from Legislators
that although the forecast
ears
Sen. McLane spoke about the revenue forecast, noting on OLIS.
he March forecast, there is twice as a ai able for vi Wingen y
was down from t private sector
ago. He noted there is a plo revenue
trend, with declines in p
He spoke to the state employ
manufacturing and construction.
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-bout the impacts the revenue forehighlcast
will
asked legislators a packages. Sen. McLane
Commissioner Chang Road. ted
He
have on the transp
ortat.io:' and `wildfire fuonagprOjeCts such as Cooley
the benefits of the gas tax increase on o
may need to kick in more for wildfire funding• for
anticipates the GF y ortation funding
ner Chang spoke to the critical need for transp
Commissioner erations.
maintenance and op ackag
e is in House Revenue
must be found
. Reschke reported the wildfire funding p Dint so funding pa Fund
Rep the Rainy- y
Committee, and the bottle bill tax idea is tons e interest from
F.
somewhere other than the G
which would generate $180 million/biennium• ro osal for the
ublicans' countep d ppending cuts to allow for
Reschke spoke about House Rep this proposal
Rep. to Commissioner Chang, metro
transportation Proposal which calls reform that Portland m
transp ortation, noting
operations and maintenance. es
Phases out state funding for public transp
also p
area ridersis down. hip provided a brief update. Encouraging
ittee and p marijuana is a gateway drug
Sen. Linthicum is on the Policy Comm ement that
to her was the recognition and acknowledg
with higher potency.
Sen. Linthicum said that SB 1177 calls for interest on the kicker to be used or
fighting wildfires. Means at the current time•
no
Reagan Knopp noted that little is movingin Ways and
Responding to Commissispoke about juniper bill HB 3135 with
oner Adair, K PP
optimism.
4. County Priorities 3069 which reforms the
Riggs reported th
e County is working with Rep. Kropf on HB
CjC grant process.
5, Closing Comments
oke about the impacts of SB g16 ees to
local
governments
Sen. Reschke and Commissioner Adair sp striking public employ
d school districts. This bill would allow io
obtain unemployment. date meeting is scheduled for
: The next virtual legislative delegation up
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Adjourn: Vice Chair adjourned the meeting at 8:01 a.m.
Respectfully Submi by:
Angie P ers,
Administrative Assistant
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Friday, may 16, 2-1025, 7*311 ai n
This meeting will be held virtually.
Members of the public may access the meeting
using this link: htt s://bitj �3WDZYOx
Or call (253) 205-0468
Webinar ID: 879 4809 6174
Passcode: 156736
1. Welcome - Tony DeBone, Chair
2. 7:30 - 7:35 a.m. - Commissioner Updates
3 7:35 - 7.50 a.m. - Updates and Briefing from Legislators
4 7:50 - 8:00 a.m. - County Priorities
5. Closing Comments
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