Multiple public commenters urged Lane County to stop or pause a contract to install automated license‑plate readers (Flock cameras), citing privacy and immigration enforcement concerns; commissioners asked the sheriff to brief the board on contract status, data sharing and legal issues.

City economic-development staff reviewed a programmatic approach that pairs a new department, advisory-board outreach and a data-driven dashboard to advance Invest Bend urban-renewal investments and a wider economic development plan.

Speakers at the Newport City Council meeting described Coffin Butte as a regional disposal hub with limited remaining capacity; the council agreed to authorize up to two members to give verbal testimony before the Benton County Board of Commissioners in support of a conditional-use appeal to expand the landfill's last parcel.

The Coos County Board of Commissioners approved a $334,000 amendment to its intergovernmental agreement with the Oregon Health Authority, adding a community navigator program and a six-month extension. Commissioners voiced broad concerns that statewide negotiations over the larger CFAA mental‑health contract are stalled and that the state’s draft I

Travel Lane County told Lane County commissioners that a minimum 8‑court indoor multiuse sports facility could generate winter hotel stays and stabilize transient lodging tax revenue; the organization committed $2 million from TLT carryover for facility development work and is exploring new‑build and adaptive reuse sites including the Lane Events‑C

Multiple frontline providers and faith leaders told the Homelessness and Housing Committee that shelter expansion without stronger placement, prevention and long-term supportive services risks ‘warehousing’ people and is less cost-effective than housing-first strategies.

After a multi-hour work session and public testimony, Springfield city leaders asked police and staff to return with narrower options and safeguards for the Flock automated license-plate recognition (ALPR) system; no vote was taken to activate or cancel the system.

At a board briefing, county transportation staff said the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge’s estimated cost has risen to $1.6 billion–$1.8 billion, leaving an $860 million–$1 billion funding gap; staff described completed design milestones, $160 million in value-engineering savings and steps to keep the project construction-ready while pursuing new

Presenters from Beyond Toxics and Valley Neighbors for Environmental Quality and Safety told the council the Coffin Butte landfill expansion raises air-quality, methane-leak monitoring and leachate-management concerns, cited Carbon Mapper satellite imagery and EPA inspections, and urged consideration of alternatives and intergovernmental approaches

Councilors disqualified one applicant for missing material in its submission and debated improper communications from another applicant. A motion to disqualify Pathways to Stability over alleged improper communications failed after council review and mayoral clarification.

After a four-hour workshop and applicant interviews, the Grants Pass City Council voted to direct staff to prepare a draft contract with Pathways to Stability for the Addressing Homelessness grant. Council required that the nonprofit secure a site as a condition of any award and set a return date for council review.

Planning staff told commissioners that the governor issued an executive order asking the Department of Energy to prioritize and streamline large renewable-energy projects’ siting reviews, which could accelerate filings with the Energy Facility Siting Council (FSEC). The board and staff discussed an ongoing appeal of a conditional-use permit and the

The Bend MPO Policy Board unanimously approved three amendments to the MTIP: changes to the US 20 Greenwood corridor project (canceling current construction phase and reallocating funds to design), increased funding for the US 97 multiuse trail (Baker Road to Lava Butte), and addition of the Larkspur Path school connection PE phase.

The Bend MPO Policy Board authorized a consultant contract with Kittelson & Associates to update the regional Transportation Safety Action Plan (TSAP), not to exceed $234,931, with a projected November kick-off and April 2027 completion.

MPO staff briefed the board on HB 3991 from the 2025 special legislative session, which raises transportation revenues (gas tax, registration fees, payroll tax for transit, and a road usage charge for EVs) and could increase local transportation funding but carries implementation timing and referral uncertainty.

City staff recommended a rewritten stormwater system development charge (SDC) methodology that would raise the residential storm SDC to $2,965 per equivalent dwelling unit (EDU). The committee gave unanimous consensus to amend the methodology to calculate fees by impervious area and to set a public hearing at least 90 days out.

Committee members discussed a backlog of recommendations from bond performance audits (43 total) and proposed routing implementation follow-up to the facilities committee, bond accountability committee and policy committee, with quarterly check-ins reported back to the audit committee.

Portland Public Schools auditors are completing financial testing but may need to rework single-audit procedures if the U.S. Office of Management and Budget releases updated compliance guidance late, potentially affecting state reporting deadlines and committee timing.

Sheriff's office and partners reported more than 30 graduates from a deflection/peer mentor program that diverts people with behavioral‑health and substance‑use problems from jail into treatment; officials described grant funding that covers staff and partner contracts and limited funds for immediate housing or inpatient placements.

The Grants Pass City Council approved a package of ten resolutions authorizing small area conveyances, permanent easements and temporary easements to the Oregon Department of Transportation to allow construction of ADA curb ramps and related work; most votes were unanimous and staff said compensation and restoration would be handled via appraisal,赔

After a lengthy public comment period and debate about private funding levels, the Grants Pass City Council approved a one‑year $50,000 contribution to the newly forming Main Street Grants Pass organization; council directed funding to come from capital project and general fund buckets.

On consent, the Grants Pass City Council accepted a $10 million Safe Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund award (staff said $3 million of the amount is being waived as a grant) for the water treatment project and authorized staff to apply for an Oregon DLCD technical assistance grant to fund an economic opportunity analysis for the city’s 20‑year job

A resident urged the court to fund a two‑house weatherization study to measure how insulation and heat‑pump tuning reduce winter electric bills and grid impacts; county staff said they would explore grant and nonprofit funding channels.

The board reviewed three service-level complaints dismissed for cause (no policy violation, unidentifiable incident, or untimely filing) and discussed a separate May 2025 professionalism allegation involving officers’ handling of a suicidal subject who was inhaling nitrous oxide; auditors recommended sustaining one allegation while the chief’s on‑d

The court approved the consent agenda and a set of routine county actions including a DOJ grant submittal, capital grant extensions for the Arlington School District and city of Condon, and a road‑use agreement for a pipeline project; votes were recorded as carried by the court.