# Marion County Commissioners Meeting - July 22, 2026

Marion County Commissioners meeting, July 22, 2026. The commissioners considered a consent agenda containing several procurement and infrastructure items: a four-year services contract with Helion Software for support and maintenance of the county assessment and taxation system (reported amount $116,142); a Federal Highway Administration agreement amendment adding approximately $1.994 million for the North Fork Road Slide Stabilization Project, including an estimated $1.789 million in federal funding; a construction contract for the French Prairie Road/West Fork Champoeg Creek Bridge replacement (estimated county funding of about $190,035); and a $68,425.94 amendment to Summit Solutions Group’s radio-site construction contract, bringing its total to $310,895.94. The consent agenda was moved and seconded; the transcript does not clearly capture the vote. It also included an amendment to a clerk’s office contract with Send It Direct, but the amount was not intelligible in the transcript.

The board held a land-use hearing on Administrative Review Case 25-026 concerning whether importing and dewatering clean soil on an active farm qualifies as farm use. After deliberation, the commissioners voted to reverse the hearings officer’s denial, limiting their interpretation to clean soil and water used to improve farmland for crop production; they stated that construction debris or solid waste was not covered. Public comment also raised the future of the county’s waste-to-energy facility, with a speaker urging the county to consider rehabilitation rather than closure, but no related procurement decision was made.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Information Technology
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** July 22, 2026

### Sources
- [Marion County Commissioners Meeting - July 22, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j2nBwmAKfQ) - Capital Community Media