Volunteers are needed to help with a restoration planting project from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 11 at Bosco Farm Neighborhood Park, located at 3601 Northeast 39th Street in Vancouver. The Public Works parks team and volunteer program are partnering with the community to add native plants to areas of natural landscaping n the park. Native plant communities reduce maintenance, provide nature spaces for park-goers to enjoy, and provide habitat for pollinators and wildlife. 

In 2025, Clark County Public Works will begin construction of a project to improve Northeast 152nd Avenue between Northeast Padden Parkway and Northeast 99th Street. The project includes installation of a new traffic-signal controlled intersection with left-turn lanes and widening Northeast 152nd Avenue to add continuous sidewalks and bike lanes in both directions. The project will also add a new left-turn lane at the north entrance to York Elementary School, and two pedestrian crosswalks with push-button activated flashing beacons.

The Clark County Council is seeking community members with expertise in or experience with people with intellectual/developmental disabilities to serve on the Developmental Disabilities Advisory Board. 

The 10-member advisory board makes recommendations to the county council relating to developmental disabilities services and issues. Members provide leadership to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of community programs.

The next Clark County Finance Committee meeting is scheduled for 9:30 am Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., Room 243.

Pursuant to RCW 42.30.030(2), which encourages public agencies to provide for public access to meetings, this meeting can also be viewed via Teams or joined telephonically. 

The Clark County Board of Health is extending the deadline to submit applications for a Public Health Advisory Council position representing the educational community. The term for the volunteer position begins as soon as it’s filled and ends Sept. 30, 2027. 

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.