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08.12.2025 BOH
Meeting Highlights:
Environmental Health gets new computers for field data
Posts on Facebook denounce behavior of homeless in Omak City ParkCommissioner Hover recalls when certain crimes were crimes, Commissioner Neal points to fall in vandalism and debris when Oroville library stopped for one month providing wifi 24-7, listener recommends free wifi at the police station, Health Officer Wallace concerned about mental health needs of homeless
Health Dept. offers itself for 36-hour workweek pilot project
Streamline of Group B water systems regulations to limit requirements and numberof permit categories since not enough staff for enforcement
Neighboring counties report Covid hospitalizations, deaths, and long term careoutbreak
Medical officer reports record 34 calls last month to 911 for drug overdoses;substance disorder training dispensed to residents, new clinic staff, EMS workers and law enforcement; methadone clinic necessary, amphetamine use disorder being addressed, county needs methadone program
Solid Waste Grant reduced by 10%
Meeting adjourned at 2:29