Mokrohisky Minutes

Steve sat down with Dr. Pat Luedtke, our county health officer last week, as a follow up to his June 9 email about measles. Dr. Luedtke and Steve spoke about the risk of measles generally and the concern should we begin seeing cases locally. They also covered the measles vaccine and how to find your vaccination records if you believe you were vaccinated as a child but no longer have those records...

Budget & Financial Planning Manager Christine Moody returned to give an update on the budget process and Senior Operations Analyst Jeff Kincaid joined me to talk about the work of the Financial Exploration Team.  The Fiscal Year 2026–2027 budget was approved by the Budget Committee on May 20 and is currently awaiting final adoption by the Board of County Commissioners on June 23.  On June 9, t...

Waste Management Division Manager Jeff Orlandini joined Steve this month to talk about challenges we are facing in our solid waste management system. Lane County operates one of best-managed landfills in Oregon, offers more rural transfer sites than any other county in the state, and benefits from an award-winning recycling program. That system is in danger because a Texas company that owns Sanipa...

This month, Steve sat down with Lane County's Budget & Financial Planning Manager Christine Moody to talk about where we are in the budget process and the high-level overview of how it’s going so far.  As a reminder, you can access materials as they become available at www. LaneCountyOR.gov/budget . 

Hello, Lane County employees. After a winter hiatus, we are back with new episodes of Mokrohisky Minutes. This month, Assistant County Administrator Greg Rikhoff and I had a chance to talk about some of the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead in 2026. We covered funding, the effect of changes to federal programs, efforts to fund public safety, progress on our behavioral health stabilizatio...