Clark County Treasurer Alishia Topper today announced that property tax statements for 2021 are set to mail within the next week.
Property tax statements include property tax levy rates, amounts, special assessments and certain fees.
The Treasurer’s Office is sending 95,672 paper statements and 3,428 e-statements to people who registered to receive tax bills online.
The Clark County Council has appointed Kathleen Otto as County Manager. Otto has been Interim County Manager since March 2020. She has previously served as Deputy County Manager, Director of Internal Services and Director of Human Resources.
The county council approved a two-year contract with Otto.
Otto earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Portland and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix.
Otto and her husband live in the Venersborg area.
The COVID-19 community testing site at Tower Mall (5403 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver) will open at noon Tuesday, Feb. 16.
People who have pre-registered for testing will be notified if their scheduled appointment is affected by the late opening. Notification will be delivered using the contact information provided during pre-registration. Pre-registration information will remain in the system so people can be tested at their convenience during operating hours.
Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County Public Works has closed Southeast 347th Street between Southeast Lawton Road and Southeast Jennings Road in Washougal, Wash. due to deteriorating weather conditions.
Crews with Clark County Public Works have been focusing on the Washougal and east county area over the last 48 hours due to the severity of winter-weather conditions. This quarter mile of road has eight-foot or more snow drifts that make it impassible to both residential vehicles and county snow plows.
Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County has declared a state of emergency for the Greater Clark County area effective Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021.
Multiple roads throughout the county, especially in Washougal, have become impassable due to deteriorating weather conditions.
As of 6 a.m., six Public Works snowplows were stuck in deep snow and ice in the Washougal area. One vehicle has since been recovered and crews are working to recover the remaining five vehicles.
Due to the inclement weather, the COVID-19 community testing site at Tower Mall (5403 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver) will be closed Saturday, Feb. 13.
People who have pre-registered for testing will be notified if their scheduled appointment is affected by the closure. Notification will be delivered using the contact information provided during pre-registration. Pre-registration information will remain in the system so people can be tested at their convenience when normal operations resume.
Reducing the amount of trash you produce can be easy and fun. Join the annual WasteBusters Challenge that provides encouragement in your sustainability efforts! Clark County residents can register individually or form groups in this challenge, which runs Feb. 22 through March 15. The challenge format is virtual, with participants setting up accounts to interact with others in the waste-busting community.
The Clark County Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 9:30 am Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.
The meeting will be held via WebEx, and participation information is below.
The Clark County Auditor’s Office recently provided the county council detailed information on how the county has spent Coronavirus Relief Funds in the community. Details on the distribution of CARES Act Title V and Title VI funds are available on the county’s website at https://clark.wa.gov/covid19/coronavirus-relief-funds-distribution.
The distribution of the funds covered a wide variety of services to the community including:
Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County and the rest of the Southwest Region will move to Phase 2 of the state’s Healthy Washington – Roadmap to Recovery reopening plan. The move is effective Sunday, Feb. 14. (The start date has been updated. Gov. Inslee announced Thursday evening that the change would be effective Sunday, not Monday.)
