Vancouver, Wash. – The Clark County Council is seeking applicants to fill up to five seats on a fifteen-person board that advises the county on matters related to the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad.
Applicants with railroad or railroad-related experience, or business experience using freight-rail service desired.
Board members serve three-year terms. Terms are anticipated to begin after Jan. 1, 2025.
The county manager is seeking applicants to fill several positions on the volunteer Community Action Advisory Board.
Positions include an elected official from the county’s second district and low-income representatives from the county’s first and second districts.
Term periods start Jan. 1, 2025, and are three years, ending Dec. 31, 2027. Incumbents have the opportunity for re-appointment to two additional three-year terms.
Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey has released photos of the ballots burned in a fire in the ballot drop box located at the Fisher’s Landing C-Tran Transit Center at 3510 SE 164th Ave. during the early morning hours on Monday, Oct. 28.
The Clark County Climate Project Environmental Justice Coalition will meet at 3:30 pm on Monday, Nov. 4.
Beginning at 10 am Wednesday, Nov. 6, elections officials will perform an audit of approximately 600 ballots randomly selected as part of a manual comparison against machine results.
For this comparison, approximately 600 ballots from the 3rd Congressional District race will be counted by hand, to confirm that the ballot tabulation equipment tabulated votes properly. The selected ballots will be counted in the total returns on Election Day.
5 PM UPDATE: The Clark County Sheriff’s Office will increase patrols around ballot drop box locations in the unincorporated area in Clark County as calls for service allow. The Vancouver Police Department also will have increased patrols around ballot boxes in the city of Vancouver as calls for service allow.
Clark County Manager Kathleen Otto is seeking applicants for three open positions on the volunteer Animal Protection and Control Advisory Board. All the openings are for terms that begin immediately and end Oct. 31, 2027.
The positions are for Clark County residents that represent:
Members of the Clark County community are invited to participate in a Clark County Climate Project Community Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Reduction. This event is part of a series of activities throughout the project that will inform the county’s new climate chapter for its comprehensive plan. An online survey is also being launched for those who cannot attend the in-person event.
The Parks division of Clark County Public Works invites residents to an open house to view three draft concepts for a new neighborhood park. The property becoming a new neighborhood park is located along Northeast 27th Avenue and Northeast 162nd Street in the Mount Vista neighborhood (near Northeast 29th Avenue and Northeast 159th Street). The open house, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7th, will allow residents to view the draft concepts and provide feedback to project staff.
The Clark County Council recently updated its meeting calendar for the rest of 2024.
Council’s Tuesday hearings will be held:
It is anticipated that Dec. 3 will be the council’s last hearing in 2024.
The council will not meet the weeks of Nov. 25, Dec. 9, Dec. 16, Dec. 23, and Dec. 30.
