News

• County

Vancouver, WA – Clark County’s Green Business Program will host a Morning Blend networking event 8-9 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at Waste Connections of Washington,12115 N.E. 99th St., Suite 1830.  

The Morning Blend event provides an opportunity to network and discuss green business efforts in a relaxed setting. A Waste Connections employee will start the Jan. 21 event with a brief presentation about the company’s recycling program and countywide waste management issues. 


• Public Works

Parks Foundation provides $10,000 grant to help replace aging swing set, monkey bars

Vancouver, WA – New play equipment is available for public use in Stockford Village Neighborhood Park, along Northeast 105th Street just west of Interstate 5.

The 4.2-acre neighborhood park built in 1978 previously offered a swing set and monkey bars. The equipment was outdated and did not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Parks staff recommended replacement.


• County

Vancouver, WA – Clark County residents can safely dispose of a variety of holiday wastes at the 2016 Green Neighbors Holiday Cleanup. The event will be Saturday, Jan. 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cascade Middle School, 13900 N.E. 18th St.

Clark County residents can drop off block foam, used electronics, artificial Christmas trees, strings of lights and metal-frame lawn ornaments. No other recyclables or wastes will be accepted.


• County

Newly elected County Board Chair Marc Boldt was recently featured in Clark County Focus, a CVTV quarterly news magazine. The show features county councilors discussing current county issues.

Nicholas Shanmac, managing editor of the Vancouver Business Journal conducted the interview. Topics include the new board structure under the county charter, roles of the board and the county manager and the chair’s responsibility as spokesperson for the board.


• Community Planning

Vancouver, WA – Historic Clark County is a new, free mobile app that puts local history at your fingertips after you download it to your electronic device. The app was developed by the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission with financing from the Washington Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, city of Vancouver and Clark County.

The app features:


• Community Planning

Hearing on proposed rural zoning corrections also moved to Feb. 16

Vancouver, WA – The Board of County Councilors will hold a public hearing Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. to reconsider the “preferred alternative” for the next growth management plan, at the Public Service Center,1300 Franklin St.

On Nov. 24, the Board adopted a “preferred alternative” for an environmental impact analysis, which must be completed before a plan is adopted. The Feb. 16 hearing could prompt changes in the “preferred alternative.”


• Public Health

Vancouver, WA ‒ Clark County Public Health has replaced a 100-year-old paper process for collecting death records with the state’s new Electronic Death Records System. Funeral directors, physicians, the Clark County Medical Examiner and local deputy registrars now can use a secure website to complete and approve death records without making a trip to the Public Health department.


• Community Planning

Vancouver, WA – The Clark County Historic Preservation Commission and Downtown Camas Association will host a presentation Tuesday, Jan. 26, about the Clark County historic preservation program.

The event will be 6-7 p.m. at the library, 625 N.E. 4th Ave., Camas.

Jacqui Kamp, the county’s historic preservation officer, will talk about the program, including how residents can register their property, advantages to registering, and an overview of the registered historical sites in the Camas-Washougal area.


• Community Services

Vancouver, WA – The Acting County Manager is seeking applicants for a community representative opening on the Community Action Advisory Board. The opening is for district two, east of I-205. A district map can be found on the county website.

The term for the vacant seat is through December 2016 with the potential for two additional three-year terms. Applicants may not be county staff or board members of agencies receiving funds administered by the community action board.


• County

Vancouver, WA — The report,  Review of Selected Internal Controls, provides a review of internal controls for receipting as well as handling of cash and checks in selected areas throughout the county.  Overall, we found cash handling and receipting well controlled.