County seeks to join Kerby Water District
From our weekly issue dated March 03, 2010
A piece of property owned by Josephine County could soon be among many annexed into the Kerby Water District (KWD).
The issue was considered by the Josephine County Board of Commissioners during its Thursday, Feb. 25 meeting with legal counsel at the courthouse in Grants Pass.
Counselor Steve Rich told commissioners that as the KWD project nears completion, several Kerby residents are petitioning for annexation.
A maintenance shop owned by the county in Kerby currently uses well water, said Public Works Director Rob Brandes.
No specific dollar figure for the annexation was immediately available. But Rich said now would be a good time for the county to secure a water supply for the Kerby property.
“If we need the water, we need the water,“ Rich said.
Brandes said that he could determine the cost within a week or so. He added that some of the cost will be offset by a federal grant.
Also discussed by the commissioners was implementation of standards for the county“s three private fire-protection providers.
Rich said that a “very rough“ draft of standards was sent in December to the providers and other interested parties.
Those parties sent back a series of suggestions, Rich said. They included establishing an intermediate process for levying fines for non-compliance, as opposed to an immediate revocation of a provider“s permit.
Also recommended, Rich said, is an increase in minimum training requirements for firefighting personnel.
Rich said that he could build a series of responses to those ideas into a second standards draft and circulate it among the providers, commissioners and interested parties.
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