Commissioners Weekly Board Session Agenda & Calendar
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Board Session
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 9:00 a.m.
Senator Hearing Room
555 Court Street NE, Salem
PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Board Appointments – Planning Commission
1. Approve orders appointing Terrence Behrens and Kent Kaufman to the Marion County Planning Commission with terms beginning May 1, 2026, and ending May 1, 2030.
BUSINESS SERVICES
2. Approve the Public Improvement Agreement with Garland DBS, Inc. in the amount of $265,544 to provide exterior painting services for Marion County Public Works buildings 4, 5, and 12 through September 30, 2026.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
3. Approve Amendment #5 to the Contract for Services with Garten Services, Inc. to add $110,000 for a new contract total of $1,410,000 to continue to provide janitorial services at multiple county locations on a scheduled, as needed, and on-call emergency basis through September 30, 2026.
LEGAL COUNSEL
4. Approve an order authorizing the participation in a national opioid settlement with six remnant defendants, and authorizing Marion County Legal Counsel, Steve Elzinga, to sign the participation form on behalf of Marion County.
PUBLIC WORKS
5. Schedule final consideration to adopt an administrative ordinance on May 6, 2026, for Comprehensive Plan Amendment / Zone Change, Case #24-007 / Bruce Ernst.
PUBLIC WORKS
6. Approve a Purchase Order (PO) with Nelson Truck Equipment in the amount of $126,575.29, to replace an undelivered prior 2024 PO with another manufacturer, for the purchase of one 40-ton sliding axle trailer through December 31, 2026.
PUBLIC WORKS
7. Approve the Engineering and Related Services Contract with Geo-Logic Associates (GLA) in the not-to-exceed amount of $269,428 for design of the final closure for cell four of the ash monofill located at the North Marion Recycling and Transfer Station site through December 31, 2028.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE
8. Approve the Contract for Services with DPI Security, Inc. in the not-to-exceed amount of $365,937.30 to provide security services for the Marion County Transition Center, Boarder Program, through April 30, 2029.
TAX OFFICE
9. Approve an order for a property tax refund for F&F Land – Salem, LLC, tax account 532721, in the amount of $182,546.42.
ACTION
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE
10. Consider a resolution approving the Fiscal Year 2026-27 County Assessment Function Funding Assistance (CAFFA) Grant application. –Tom Rohlfing
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Starting no earlier than 9:00 a.m.
None.
Members of the public may submit written testimony by email to
PublicHearings@co.marion.or.us For agenda items where in-person testimony is allowed, the public may sign up to provide testimony by telephone by emailing
PublicHearings@co.marion.or.us at least 24 hours before the meeting. The email must specify the meeting date/time and agenda topic for which testimony is being submitted. For telephone testimony requests, the email must also include your name and the phone number that staff should use to call you at the appropriate time.
If you require interpreter assistance, an assistive listening device, large print material or other accommodations, call 503-588-5212 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
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