Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 9:30 am Tuesday, May 19, 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 emergency, and in support of Washington State’s extended Stay Home, Stay Healthy order, the meeting will be held via WebEx conference call.
Here is the WebEx information for the meeting:
The agenda includes discussion of the First-Quarter 2020 County Finance Report.
Clark County Public Health is urging anyone who develops symptoms of COVID-19 to contact their health care provider about testing as soon as possible. Early testing is critical to slowing the spread of COVID-19 in Clark County.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently expanded the list of symptoms consistent with COVID-19. People with these symptoms or combination of symptoms may have COVID-19 and should call their health care provider to request testing:
Vancouver, Wash. ‒ Every election, the Clark County Auditor’s Office provides a voters’ guide with information about candidates and ballot measures for voters to make an informed decision when voting. The voters’ guide includes statements by and photographs of candidates for elective offices as well as local ballot measures with supporting and opposing statements written by citizens.
Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County Public Health has downgraded the advisories at Lacamas and Round lakes in Camas from danger to caution. Blooms of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are still present at the lake, but results from recent water samples indicate low levels of toxins in the water.
Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Council this week adopted an ordinance that temporarily approves the use of recreational vehicles on private residential property for emergency habitation during the Clark County Declaration of Emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This action provides an alternative means of sheltering for persons displace due to the ongoing health emergency. The ordinance allows not more than one RV to be occupied by displaced persons on a private residential lot.
Conditions of the ordinance include that RVs must:
With the recent opening of outdoor recreation by Gov. Inslee and warm weather on the horizon, Clark County residents may soon be heading to local waterways for the first swim of the season. But area lakes and rivers are still cold, and water may be moving quickly.
Public Health encourages everyone to follow a few simple strategies to stay safe while enjoying the water now and throughout the summer.
Know the water conditions
Vancouver, Wash. - The filing period for citizens wishing to become candidates for elective office is rapidly approaching. The offices open for candidate filings this year include Congressional District 3, U.S.
Vancouver, Wash. ‒ Interim County Manager Kathleen Otto is seeking applicants for several open positions on the volunteer Animal Protection and Control Advisory Board.
The three (3) positions are for Clark County residents that represent:
Terms for the positions begin immediately. The livestock owner and member at large positions end Oct. 31, 2022, and the veterinarian position ends Oct. 31, 2023.
Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Council is seeking nominations and applications to fill a vacant position on the three-member board that oversees Drainage Improvement District No. 5.
This position is for an unexpired term that ends in February 2022. The position will then be put on the special district general election ballot for a four-year, unexpired term.
Vancouver, Wash. – The board of the Clark County Public Facilities District will hold a public meeting at 4 p.m. Monday, May 4, 2020.
The meeting will be held by phone. The call-in number is 1.408.418.9388 and the meeting access code is 969.354.381.#.
The Public Facilities District was formed in 2002 for the purpose of participating in the study, planning and development of one or more regional centers that would promote tourism, such as the convention center in downtown Vancouver and exhibition hall at the Clark County fairgrounds.
