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Welcome Note

This is Bill Fleenor, West Lane County Commissioner.

We trust you'll find this portal informative and helpful. You'll find updates and the latest schedules for our community outreach events. Also, we provide valuable links to other Lane County related activities and functions.

I have opened up a West Lane District Office in Florence, OR - designed to directly assist citizens with their questions and needs for County government assistance. Please don't hesitate to contact me personally or our District Office and our District Assistant Dianne Burch at (541)997-2267.

Click to read the forest payments paper.

Fact: Lane County is the geographical size of the State of Connecticut. My West Lane District, alone, is the size of the State of Rhode Island! From the Coast to the Valley!

Lane County is a magnificent place to live, work and raise a family. It's an honor and privilege to serve both my West Lane County neighbors and all the citizens of one of America's finest and most spectacular counties.

As always, if your concerns are important to you, they're important to me!". Please stay in touch!

Sincerely,
Bill Fleenor

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, July 08, 2008  9:00AM - 5:00PM Commissioners' Conference Room BCC Work Session
Wednesday, July 09, 2008  8:45AM - 10:00AM Florence Justice Center BCC Florence LIVE Remote Teleconferencing
Wednesday, July 09, 2008  9:00AM - 5:00PM Commissioners' Conference Room BCC Regular Meeting
Thursday, July 10, 2008  10:00AM - 11:30AM Veneta - Robbie's Window Box Cafe Veneta COMMUNITY DIALOGUE
Monday, July 14, 2008  7:00PM - 8:30PM Dunes City - Dunes City Hall Dunes City COMMUNITY DIALOGUE
 
 

Recent News

6/30/2008      West county ‘wins’ and ‘losses’ are topics of LCOG meeting

Siuslaw News - Friday, Jun 27th, 2008 By Shawn Penrod At debate: role of agency in local issues The Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) held its board of directors meeting at the Florence Events Center last Thursday, June 26. Its board of directors consists of local elected officials and is ... read more »

6/26/2008      Promising forest plans: Wyden, DeFazio should combine best of strategies

Eugene Register-Guard OPINION published Thursday June 26, 2008 With its once-abundant old growth trees in scarce supply, its timber industry denied promised logging levels, its overgrown forests vulnerable to wildfires and its rural counties gasping for revenues, Oregon needs a new forest management plan like a grizzly needs a meal ... read more »

6/26/2008      Population Forecasts At Crux Of Dispute

The Lane County Board of Commissioners will try again today to resolve a dispute over 2030 population projections that has pitted some small cities against a Lowell developer and the local homebuilders association as well as several land use watchdog groups. The projections are considered crucial because they drive cities’ ... read more »

6/23/2008      Forest Payment Cuts Take $238 million From Counties, Schools

by Dave Hogan, The Oregonian Monday June 23, 2008 SALEM - Oregon schools will lose $32 million for the coming school year while counties around the state will lose $206 million, all due to the loss of federal forest payments that ended in January, Gov. Ted Kulongoski and other officials ... read more »

6/23/2008      Study: Cash-strapped Oregon Timber Counties Must Raise Taxes

By JEFF BARNARD, Associated Press Writer - SALEM, Oregon (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) Rural counties that face financial collapse from the loss of federal timber payments need to raise local taxes while the Oregon Legislature and Congress grapple with long-term solutions to a problem that ... read more »