MALHEUR COUNTY — During his budget message to the Malheur County Budget Committee on Tuesday, Bob Dickenson, director of the Malheur County Ambulance District explained that illicit drugs and overdoses
VALE
The Malheur County Budget Committee met virtually on Tuesday to begin two days of deliberations over the proposed 2021-22 fiscal year budget to carry the county through financially in 2022.
As proposed, the budget shows a increase of about $2 million in revenue over the current fiscal year.
The session was held by video, with each department head, and sometimes staff, visiting with the budget committee to explain their requests. For the departments, there was little change in their requests and what was budgeted for the current fiscal year.
Leading off was Sarah Poe, Health Department director, who said the services provided by the department are covered by support from the state including grants, fees to clients and contracted services.
TODAY, APRIL 20
Malheur County Budget Committee meeting, 9 a.m. to close (3 p.m. or later), Room 106, Malheur County Courthouse, Vale, join online at http://bit.ly/MCCbudget, join by phone at +1 (571) 317-3129, access code 299-510-653; submit comment to kim.ross@malheurco.org.
Take a Walk Around TVCC Campus for 12th-graders, noon to 12:30 p.m., (541) 881-8822, oregongoestocollege.org/spring.
Joint Committee of the Owyhee Project meeting, 1 p.m., Owyhee Irrigation District meeting follows, Stunz, Fonda Kiyna, Horton LLP law office, 106 Main St. N., Nyssa.
COVID-19 vaccine clinic (hosted by OHA/FEMA/Malheur Co. Health Dept.), 4 to 8 p.m., Malheur County fairgrounds, 795 N.W. Ninth St., (541) 889-7279.