Category: Commissioners

  • County Wide Burn Ban Effective Immediately

    County Wide Burn Ban Effective Immediately In a special session today, the Union County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to implement the County Wide Burn Ban/Regulated Use restrictions at the recommendation of the Union County Fire Defense Board.  As specified in County Ordinance 2024-02, the commissioners may ban all fires outside incorporated cities within Union…

  • Commissioners to Hold Special Meeting

    Commissioners to Hold Special Meeting The Union County Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting on Monday, July 22, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. in the Joseph Annex Conference Room located at 1106 K Avenue.  The purpose of the meeting will be to consider a request from the Union County Fire Defense Board Chiefs to…

  • Plan Amendment Application, City of La Grande – HEARING RESCHEDULED

    NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED HEARING UNION COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PLAN AMENDMENT   NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, the July 17, 2024, 9:15a.m. Union County Board of Commissioners public hearing to consider an application submitted by the City of La Grande, agent Michael Boquist, for Union County to co-adopt the City of La Grande Land Development Code Ordinance…

  • 2024 Commission Meeting Schedule

    NOTICE OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONER MEETINGS Meetings are open to public attendance – with meeting participation via Zoom teleconference available. • To listen to the meeting, or participate in the public comment opportunity, please call: (253) 215-8782 or (301) 715-8592 and enter meeting ID number: 814 2000 6863. If you do not get through the…

  • Eastern Oregon Counties Association

    Public Notice Eastern Oregon Counties Association will hold a meeting Thursday July 18, 2024 PDT at the Port of Morrow in the Riverside Conference Room 1:00-4:00 pm. Zoom info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83692874293?pwd=m7jD58u7mX94I0VWnmU8216hauLtba.1 It is the EOCAs policy to inform the public of its programs and activities. Other partners are encouraged to provide public notice of their respective…

  • Committee Members Needed

    Updated: April 25, 2024 Committee Members Needed The Union County Board of Commissioners are accepting applications from qualified volunteers interested in serving on one or more of the various committees with current openings as listed below. Interested citizens are invited to submit a completed Advisory Committee Application. Applications are available below or at the Union…

  • Applications Accepted for Community Dispute Resolution Services

    Request for Applications for Community Dispute Resolution Services Notice is hereby given that Union County and the University of Oregon on behalf of the University of Oregon School of Law (Grantor) are initiating the application and selection process for grant funds available to eligible community dispute resolution programs in Union County under ORS 36.155.  The…

  • Watershed Press Release

    Press release (March 21, 2022): Oregon Water Resources Commission Completed State Recognition of Final Upper Grande Ronde River Watershed Partnership Place-Based Integrated Water Resources Plan Union County Commissioner Donna Beverage presented the Final Upper Grande Ronde River Watershed Partnership Place-Based Integrated Water Resources Plan to the Oregon Water Resources Commission on March 17, 2022. She…

  • 2022 Business Assistance Grant

    March 2, 2022 Grant Funds Available to Union County Businesses   The Union County Business Assistance Grant Program 2022 has a total of $500,000 available due to federal funding received from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund.  Grants of up to $10,000 per eligible business may be awarded subject to available funding and number of…

  • Commissioners Approve Resolution

    Commissioners Approve Resolution Declaring Emergency Due to Foreseeable Staffing Shortage of Health and Safety Workers September 15, 2021 In a regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners meeting held this morning, the Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution stating concern for the foreseeable future regarding an insufficient amount of qualified local staff to continue to provide basic public…

  • Union County Begins Early Fire Season and Declares Drought

    Union County Begins Early Fire Season and Declares Drought   Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Union County Board of Commissioners voted in a regular session today to enter regulated fire season on June 15, 2021.  County Ordinance 2018-01 states the County Commissioners may enter the regulated fire season prior to July 1 based on a recommendation…

  • Request for Applications for Community Dispute Resolution Services

    Request for Applications for Community Dispute Resolution Services Notice is hereby given that Union County and the University of Oregon on behalf of the University Of Oregon School Of Law (Grantor) are initiating the application and selection process for grant funds available to eligible community dispute resolution programs in Union County under ORS 36.155. The…