{"id":"MET-PDX-044","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Clark County, Washington","state":"OR","metro":"PDX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Clark County Council","authority":"Clark County Home Rule Charter; RCW 42.30 (Open Public Meetings Act) as modified by Proclamation 20-28 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. WA-020)","instrument":"Council public meetings and hearings closed to public attendance (written and online comment only); all work sessions cancelled through April 22, 2020; Board of Health meetings under the same protocols (Mar. 20, 2020)","title":"County council updates public meeting process in response to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-24 (first affected hearing)","end":"Work sessions cancelled through Apr. 22, 2020; remote-meeting practice continued under Proclamation 20-28 and its extensions (to 20-28.15, Jan. 19, 2021, Ex. WA-058)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-04-22","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["the public (attendance at Council and Board of Health meetings)","applicants and parties to land-use and other hearings"],"clause":"The public hearing scheduled for 6 pm Tuesday, March 24 will be held in the sixth-floor training room in the Public Service Center... Council members will be present for the hearing. However the meeting will be closed to the public. CVTV will continue to stream hearings live... Anyone wishing to comment during Public Comment or on Consent and Separate Business items may do so by using an online form... The council canceled all its work sessions through April 22. Moving forward, the council has directed staff to only schedule items for hearings that are time sensitive.","enforcement":"Not applicable (meeting procedure)","functions":["CRT public hearings (land-use, permits, contracts) limited to time-sensitive items","PM permits and plan approvals dependent on Council hearings","BD public bidding and contract approvals"],"notes":"Local public-office closure instrument in Clark County in the run-up to the second quarter of 2020.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":312483,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PDX","url":"/library/MET-PDX-044","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PDX-044","citation":"Clark County Council, Council public meetings and hearings closed to public attendance (written and online comment only); all work sessions cancelled through April 22, 2020; Board of Health meetings under the same protocols (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PDX-044)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["WA-058"]}