December 21 Administrative Discussion meeting Josephine County Commissioners had one meeting last week with one issue: a mining exploration permit extension request they concluded couldn’t be extended but it can be renewed. American Mineral Research spokesman Jay Meredith gave a presentation during their Dec. 21 Administrative Discussion meeting, reviewing his operation and touting the potential […]
Commissioners Week of Dec 13, 2021 Josephine Commissioners had a sobering look at their PERS (Public Employees Retirement) obligations and, as Commissioner Herman Baertschiger said, it had Commission Chair Dan DeYoung pulling his hair out, “all three of em.” And that was without any discussion of the recent court ruling that said Josephine and Jackson […]
Week of Dec. 7, 2021 During next year’s growing season Josephine County’s sheriff could conceivably roar up to an illegal cannabis grow in a military-style armored vehicle, round up everyone on site, evacuate the property and set up barriers to re-entry that may include barricading roads. This could happen because Josephine County Commissioners, at their […]
Week of November 29-Dec 3 Josephine County Board members went through an update of their emergency operations plan this week, approved a $1.6 million grant from the state to help Sheriff Dave Daniels combat illegal marijuana grows, drafted yet another letter chiding Gov. Brown about “vaccine passports,” a right-wing media rumor burning the airwaves, then […]
At Tuesday’s Legal Meeting, the Commissioners once again delayed discussion of implementing minimum standards for private fire departments (impacting the areas of the County not included in a Fire District or Grants Pass), this time for 2 months. That will bring us to a total of over 20 months delay since the Fire Protection Committee […]
Money earmarked for vaccine promotion, originally rejected by Josephine County Commissioners, was dangled in front of Grants Pass Mayor Sara Bristol, then snatched away through a letter that said they were disappointed the “rough framework” of ideas she submitted for promoting the vaccine in the city did not have the total approval of everyone on […]
October 26 Tuesday Meeting with Grants PassJosephine County Commissioners had a captive audience Tuesday for grievance-airing while representatives from the Grants Pass City Council sat patiently waiting for something…anything resembling a real discussion. Their October 26 joint meeting began with City Manager Aaron Cubic asking when construction on the new transit building in town would […]
Of the nineteen people who called in during the October 20 public hearing and second reading of Ordinance 2021-002, giving code enforcers the power to cite and fine property owners with unpermitted structures, twelve supported the ordinance, some identifying as Republicans, while seven, mostly Republicans, were against the change. During Wednesday’s Zoom hearing, Josephine County […]
CALL TO ACTION: EMAIL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The Josephine Board of County Commissioners is having their second reading to finalize the Citation Authority Ordinance 2021-002 this Wednesday, Oct 20th. This ordinance would allow code enforcement officers to write citations similar to a traffic ticket, a practice common in other jurisdictions. These citations can impose strict and […]
