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Manager: Bohn said he feels a sense of
responsibility to set the bar high and lead
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Bohn said he is not
bound by the turbulent his-
tory of the county manager
post and is optimistic about
the future.
“You have to be a realist
about working in the public
sector and not everybody’s
going to embrace the orga-
nization, embrace the deci-
sions and that’s assumed,”
he said.
“But what I think is
the most important thing
for local governments is,
no matter what, maintain
quality relationships with
everybody. Keep dialogue
open, not take it person-
ally. Just be available, be
transparent.
“And so I think the more
we can embody those qual-
ities, disputes are just one-
time affairs. T hey’re not
something you repeatedly
have to deal with. Because
sometimes what you are
dealing with is really his-
tory, because people don’t
forget. ”
Bohn was the assistant
county administrator for
Washington County for 28
years.
“One thing I’ve learned
is every individual has their
own way and my way, my
methods, my approach
would be unique,” he said.
“And so, what I just
hope is that uniqueness fi ts
what Clatsop County needs
and I think that it does
because I’m really relation-
ship-based, I’m a listener.
A nd so I think that will
be the right approach. So
I’m very positive and very
hopeful and I feel blessed
to be here, honestly.”
Bohn has spent the p ast
30 years coming to the
region as his wife, Stacee
Larson, was born and raised
here and still has family in
Naselle, Washington. They
also have a second home in
Astoria.
After starting as a man-
agement intern in Washing-
ton County, Bohn eventu-
ally moved up , overseeing
human resources for a work-
force of 2,200 in fi nance,
information
technology,
emergency
management
and other departments.
H is
accomplishments
include winning voter
approval of a $77 million
bond measure for emer-
gency
communications
infrastructure. He also
developed employee work
groups to focus on capital
improvements, along with
equity, inclusion and diver-
sity teams.
“There’s a lot of accom-
plishments in there. B ut I
think my greatest accom-
plishment, honestly, is just
I’ve been a fair and honest
broker doing the public’s
work and that I love public
service,” Bohn said.
“I care. A nd that’s not
something a lot of people
talk about, but I seriously
care about the employees, I
care about the board, I care
about the residents. I got
into this business to serve.”
He said feels a sense of
responsibility to set the bar
high and to lead .
He also tries to give peo-
ple he works with the tools,
opportunity, training and
leadership to be success-
ful in their jobs so they can
handle any situation.
“What I’ve always said
is accept quickly. A ccept
what it is, trust that you’re
going to be OK and manage
the heck out of it,” Bohn
said.
He also reinforces the
need for civility in govern-
ment, because if there’s not,
it takes opportunity off the
table, he said.
“What I am hopeful for,
though, is we don’t lose our
civility and we don’t get to
a point where we don’t see
each other, we see our dif-
ferences, but not all of our
similarities,” Bohn said.
“I’m still optimistic. I still
feel very good about where
we’re generally headed.”
Museum: Not cost-effective to keep up
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“Diane comes to coffee
with the mayor pretty reli-
giously,” Mayor Henry Bal-
ensifer said at a recent City
Commission meeting. “She
reported that the majority
of people who come aren’t
trying to check out what’s
in Warrenton. They’re
going to Seaside and Can-
non Beach. They’re going
south. They saw it. They
stopped by.”
The building has sub-
standard utilities and is not
cost-effective to keep up or
staff, Balensifer said. Com-
missioner Pam Ackley and
Commissioner Mark Bald-
win agreed that the city
should let the site go. City
Manager Linda Engbretson
said she would let the prop-
erty owners know the city
plans to cease operations.
Collier has fi lled every
nook and cranny — even
the bathroom — of the
building with photos and
other memorabilia. She’s
looking for a place to dis-
play at least part of the col-
lection after the building
goes away. The city has dis-
cussed taking on part of the
collection.
“I’d rather leave them
in Warrenton … if there’s a
place that wants to display
them,” she said . “If that
doesn’t work, I’ll take it
home and put it in my hus-
band’s garage.”
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