Emergency Fire Cost Committee to Meet, Jan. 2

The next Emergency Fire Cost Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 2 in Salem. The meeting will take place in the Santiam Room of Building D on the campus of the Oregon Department of Forestry, 2600 State Street. The public is invited to attend. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. with an opportunity for public comment at the end of the meeting. The meeting space is accessible to persons with disabilities. Requests for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours before the meeting by contacting Chrystal Bader at 503-945-7220. Among agenda items are: * The financial status of the Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund; * ODF’s wildfire insurance policy for the 2018 fire season; * ODF’s 2017 fire season finances; * The setting of district deductible rates for the 2018-19 fiscal year; * Approval of the audit report for the 2014 fire season.