The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider a grant from the state to fund community-based programs that help keep people out of prisons, and more funds for construction to make Lancaster Drive safer for drivers and pedestrians.
Commissioners will consider appointing Ryan Matthews as Marion County’s Community Mental Health Program director. Matthews is the county’s health and human services administrator.
The board will consider approving a nearly $5 million grant from the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission to fund community-based sanctions and programs that help keep people out of state prisons “while protecting public safety and holding individuals accountable,” according to the agenda item. The grant, which would go to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, would be retroactive to July 1, 2021 and last through Dec. 31, 2023.
Commissioners will also consider appointing Brian Carrara, Stephanie McClung, Rebecca Shivers Singleterry and Scott Heesacker, and reappointing Dan Mullen, to the Ambulance Service Area Advisory Committee. Their terms would end Jan. 31, 2025.
They will also consider adding around $470,000 to a contract with Quincy Engineering for construction on Lancaster Drive, which “is in need of complete rehabilitation from a safety and preservation standpoint,” the agenda item said.
Meeting details: The commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Senator Hearing Room at 555 Court Street N.E. The meeting is streamed live on YouTube.
-Ardeshir Tabrizian
