Many residents are asking an important question:
Does Josephine County have a Code Enforcement Department—and if so, is anyone actually available to take your complaint?

Understanding the answer matters. Code enforcement plays a significant role in protecting quality of life, property values, health, safety, and peace of mind. When issues arise in your neighborhood, who can you turn to for help? And what happens if you eventually need to take a matter to court?

We Josephine County residents have a history of coming together, despite major political differences, for a common goal. Remember in 1995, when 1500 people gathered at the courthouse with “political agendas as diverse as the crowd that assembled” to let the Aryan Nation neo-nazis from Idaho know they were not welcome here, that we did not want that level of hate and violence in our community? We stood together, we stood strong and the aryan nation did not come.*

Now that the contract with OSU has been signed by the county commissioners and OSU (after many delays), staff has being hired and programs are beginning. Frank Boothby was began as Community Relations and Program Manager on September 24th.

Recommendation:

Reinstate a Policy by Board Order or Resolution that requires an agenda item cover sheet for all major decisions and votes made by the Josephine County Board of County Commissioners.  The policy should require the meeting packet item cover sheet to include, at a minimum, a description of the item, a brief writeup of the background of the item, and most importantly a Fiscal Impact Statement.