News

• Auditor

The Clark County Auditor’s Auto License Office in downtown Vancouver is updating its hours of operation. 

Effective Tuesday, Feb. 6, the hours for walk-in services will be 1 to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. Phone services will be available 9 am to noon and 1 to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. The office is located at 1408 Franklin St.


• Community Planning

The Clark County Council today appointed Mark Bergthold, Jeremy Baker and Bryan Halbert to the county’s volunteer Planning Commission.  

Bergthold and Halbert will serve six-year terms that begin immediately and end Dec. 31, 2029. Baker will fill an unexpired term that begins immediately and ends Dec. 31, 2025.


• Elections

Beginning at 10 am Wednesday, Feb. 14., elections officials will perform a hand count of approximately 600 ballots randomly selected as part of a manual comparison against machine results. 

For this comparison, Battle Ground School District’s proposition will be counted by hand, to check the accuracy of the ballot tabulation equipment. The selected ballots will be counted in the total returns on Election Day. 


• Public Works

For the safety of park visitors, Clark County Public Works, Parks and Lands division, is closing areas of Daybreak Regional Park. The riverbank of the East Fork Lewis River at Daybreak Regional Park has experienced significant erosion and loss of bank-stabilizing trees. Fencing is being installed around the closed area, and signage will alert visitors to the closure. Visitors are reminded to never enter areas closed off by barricades, signs, cones, tape, fencing or other barriers, for their safety. 


• Public Works

Clark County Public Works is seeking applicants for open volunteer park host positions at Haapa Boat Launch and Frenchman’s Bar Regional Park, and an upcoming position at Lucia Falls Regional Park. Volunteer park hosts live at their assigned park and assist with creating a safe and welcoming environment for all visitors. Host duties include (but are not limited to): 


• Community Services

As part of the 2025 Comprehensive Growth Management Plan update, Clark County Community Planning has been accepting site-specific comprehensive plan and zoning amendment requests. The next phase of the plan update process will be the creation of land use alternatives to be studied as part of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Site specific requests must be submitted by March 15, 2024, to be included in one of the alternatives to be studied in the DEIS.


• County Manager

The Clark County Council is requesting applications for an at-large volunteer position on the Mosquito Control District Board of Trustees.

The term for the position begins immediately and end Dec. 31, 2025. 

The Board of Trustees oversees the work of the Clark County Mosquito Control District. The board establishes policy, manages expenditures, and approves contracts for services. 

The Board of Trustees is comprised of one member from each city or town in Clark County and three at-large members appointed by the Clark County Council. 


• Internal Services

The board of the Clark County Public Facilities District will hold a public meeting 4-5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.


• Public Works

Drivers eastbound on Northeast 99th Street between Northeast 107th Avenue and Northeast 112th Place will encounter a single-lane closure on Monday, Jan. 29, Tuesday, Jan. 30 and Friday, Feb. 2. The closure is necessary to continue work on finalizing this new segment of road. The lane will be closed for roadwork during daytime hours and reopened each night. Traffic delays of up to 10 minutes are possible. While no lane closures are anticipated after Feb. 2, work is expected to continue through Tuesday, Feb. 6. Work is weather dependent.


• Community Planning

Clark County is seeking applicants to fill one open position on the nine-member Clark Communities Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. The volunteer appointed to this position will fill an existing term which is scheduled to end on Dec. 31, 2025.