County commissioners could make as many as 11 new appointments to the
county's Mental Health and Developmentally Disabled Advisory Committee
Wednesday.
During its 9 a.m. meeting, rescheduled from Nov. 19 because
commissioners Carl Stiff and Fred Warner Jr. were attending the
Associated Oregon Counties conference, commissioners are scheduled to
discuss who they want on the advisory committee. Most committee
members' terms expired Oct. 31.
The advisory committee has devoted most of its time to scrutinizing
Mountain Valley Mental Health, an agency the county contracts with to
provide mental health services to local residents.
The list of proposed appointees was still being developed Monday, said Fred Warner Jr., chair of the Board of Commissioners.
Commissioners also must decide the length of terms for the new members they are scheduled to appoint Wednesday. Warner said he prefers to stagger terms so that so many terms don't expire on the same date.
At 11 a.m., the county's auditor, Dave Lindley of the firm Guyer and Associates, will deliver the 2007-08 audit.
Earlier, at 9:15 a.m., Baker County Weed Supervisor Arnie Grammon will provide an update on his war on weeds.
At 9:30 a.m., commissioners - acting in their capacity as the county's Contract Review Board - will consider a request by Sheriff Mitch Southwick to enter into a sole-source contract with Lexipol Services of Aliso Viejo, Calif.
City and County Services awarded the Sheriff's Office a $2,975 grant, half the cost to develop and implement the Baker County Sheriff's Office Policies and Procedures.
According to Southwick, the new product will give his department "legally defensible policies and procedures" and put in place policies and procedures "that are the best practice and consistent with other sheriff's departments" around the state.
In his report, Southwick wrote that he'd spoken with several departments utilizing the services of Lexipol "and we have found their Offices to be very complimentary to the attention and professionalism of the services" they have received from Lexipol.
In a memo from Lexipol's marketing coordinator, Martha Bereczky, the company "constantly monitor(s) issues affecting law enforcement to develop new policies and improve existing policies to reflect changes from precedent-setting court decisions, legislation, best practices and new issues facing our more than 550 subscribing agencies."
The board is also scheduled to add an addendum to a real estate contract with Tigard businessman Paul Vaden, who, in exchange for an extension until April 30, 2009, to pay the balance of what he owes on the Lime plant property near Huntington, has agreed to give a portion of the land back to the county.
