Richard Swift announces resignation from Clackamas County
Health, housing and human services department director will depart on Feb. 19
The director of Clackamas County s largest division has announced he will step down Feb. 19 after a decade at the helm.
County health, housing and human services (H3S) Director Richard Swift told Pamplin Media Group this week that he intends to take a break from public service following more than 28 years working in various government service roles.
Swift came to the county following an 18-year stint at Multnomah County in 2011 when he was hired as deputy director of H3S. He s played an integral role in advancing some of Clackamas County s most impactful programs and projects, including the county s ambulance services contract with American Medical Response Northwest, bolstering the county s response to the mental health crisis and helping to initiate nearly a dozen housing projects developing hundreds of units of affordable housing.
Clackamas County won t purchase Jennings Lodge motel January 22 2021
Estacada site now being examined for permanent shelter for homeless people, after Econo Lodge s long list of repairs revealed
Clackamas County is ending its effort to purchase the Econo Lodge Motel on McLoughlin Boulevard as part of a regional project to turn metro-area motels into shelters for homeless individuals. Instead, the county will pivot to begin a due-dilligence process on purchasing a motel located in Estacada.
Last month, the Clackamas Board of County Commissioners directed county staff with the health, housing and human services (H3S) division to begin the due diligence process of vetting the property before potentially purchasing. A heated discussion between board members preceded their Dec. 15 vote in which Commissioners Paul Savas and Martha Schrader both abstained for separate reasons.
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