The Commission on Aging will hear from local housing organizations on how COVID-19 has impacted older adults and housing. Seniors have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic around the country. In addition, older adults experiencing homelessness are a growing population that is particularly vulnerable to contracting and dying from COVID-19. Amid this emergency, affordable housing and service providers have had to adapt the way they assist seniors and other vulnerable populations.

The Clark County Council is requesting applications for a volunteer position on the Mosquito Control District Board of Trustees.

The term for the at-large position begins Jan. 1, 2021 and runs through Dec. 31, 2022.

The Board of Trustees oversees the work of the Clark County Mosquito Control District. The board establishes policy, manages expenditures and approves contracts for services. Clark County Public Health provides administrative services for the district.

The Clark County Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 9:30 am Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. 

Due to COVID-19, and in support of Washington State’s extended Stay Home, Stay Healthy order, the meeting will be held via FreeConferenceCall.com.  

Here is how to join the meeting: 

Young will step away from Community Development Director role for new position

Interim Clark County Manager Kathleen Otto this week appointed Dan Young to serve as the county’s Fire Marshal. Young has been serving as Interim Fire Marshal since October 2019.

Interested Clark County residents are invited to apply for a position on the Clark County Housing Options Study and Action Plan Project Advisory Group (PAG). The PAG will help the county develop recommendations to encourage the creation of additional housing types that are affordable to a variety of households within the unincorporated Vancouver Urban Growth Area.

Learn more about the project at www.clark.wa.gov/housingoptions.

Project Advisory Group

The Clark County Council is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the volunteer Planning Commission.

The opening is for an unfinished four-year term that begins immediately and goes through Dec. 31, 2022.

The Planning Commission is a seven-member group that makes recommendations to the council on land-use planning, zoning and development in areas outside cities and about issues such as growth management, roads, public facilities, development regulations and applicable county ordinances.

Beginning at 9 am Wednesday, Nov. 4, elections officials will perform a hand count of approximately 600 ballots randomly selected as part of a manual comparison against machine results.

The selected ballots will be counted in the total returns on Election Day. But for this comparison, the President of the United States race will be counted by hand, to check the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment.

Vancouver, Wash. – Regular drivers along the Northeast Manley Road near Northeast 254th Street can expect continued lane closures as contractors with Clark County Public Works continue culvert replacement work.

The Clark County Council and the Vancouver City Council this week  approved a memorandum of agreement between the two jurisdictions that establishes Clark County as the lead agency on regional homeless response and creates a joint executive group on homelessness to enable leaders from both organizations to collaborate on projects and initiatives that will address homelessness and its impacts within the county.

A new state vital records law that goes into effect on Jan. 1 will change the ordering requirements for birth and death certificates. The new law includes changes to increase the security of personal information, make historical vital records available, add a non-binary sex designation option, and increase the fee for certificates.