Vancouver, WA – The Clark County Auditor’s Office is sponsoring a workshop entitled, "Winning Ways to Run for Office – A Candidate/Campaign Worker Workshop.’’
The free workshop will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, at the Clark County Elections Office, 1408 Franklin St.
Vancouver, Wash. ‒ The Clark County Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 4, 2017.
The meeting will be held in Conference Room 243 on the second floor of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St. It is open to the public.
The agenda includes discussion of the First-Quarter 2017 County Finance Report.
Vancouver, Wash. ‒ Clark County Community Services will host a forum next month that will give residents a chance to share their thoughts about findings of the county’s 2016 Low-Income Community Needs Survey.
The event will be Thursday, May 18, in the Columbia Room of the Vancouver Community Library, 901 C St.
Information will be available for viewing and comment during a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. open house-style session. A formal presentation, group discussion and community feedback session will begin at 6 p.m.
Vancouver, Wash. - Treasurer Doug Lasher reminds residents that the first half of 2017 property taxes is due no later than 5 p.m. Monday, May 1.
Typically, the first installment of property taxes is due April 30, but because that date falls on Sunday this year, payments will be accepted until the close of business Monday, May 1. Interest charges will accrue after May 1.
Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County’s Master Composter/Recycler program is accepting registrations for free composting and green cleaning workshops. To register, visit https://clarkgreenneighbors.org/mcr/classes-and-workshops.
Workshops are:
Vancouver, Wash. –The Clark County Board of Health will recognize winners of the 2017 Public Health Community Award at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 26. The ceremony will open the board’s monthly meeting in the sixth-floor hearing room of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St.
Winners are:
Marilyn Johnson (individual award)
Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County’s Parks Advisory Board is looking to add a couple new voices to the seven-person board.
The parks board is recruiting two youth members to serve in a non-voting capacity on the board, which advises the Board of County Councilors and county staff on parks planning, acquisition, development and related issues.
At 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, Election officials will perform a hand count of approximately 600 ballots that were randomly selected as part of a manual comparison against machine results.
Results of these ballots will be counted in the total returns on election day, Tuesday, April 25, but for this comparison, the Clark county Fire Protection District No. 10 measure also will be counted by hand, to prove the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment.
Vancouver, Wash. – Construction will begin Monday, April 17, to widen and improve a portion of Northeast 99th Street.
The project will require closing Northeast 99th Street, from Northeast 117th Avenue/SR 503 to Northeast 118th Avenue, for approximately two months.
Detour signs will guide drivers around the closure, with most traffic using Northeast 95th Street and Northeast 126th Avenue.
Vancouver, Wash. ‒ Earlier this week, County Manager Mark McCauley submitted his 2016 annual report to the Board of County Councilors, as required by the Clark County Charter. On Wednesday, he made the 40-page document available to the public on the county’s website at www.clark.wa.gov.
