The Board of Commissioners will consider passing a non-agriculture burn ban in Umatilla County..

Gina Miller, the staff liaison for the county’s smoke management committee, asked the board in a memo to impose the ban as soon as possible.

The county is experiencing wildfire conditions, Miller said, and Pendleton, the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Umatilla County Fire District have burn bans in place now.

The board meets Wednesday at 9 a.m. in room 130 at the Umatilla County Courthouse, 216 S.E. Fourth St., Pendleton.

The county board also will consider an order transferring ambulance services from the East Umatilla County Health District to the new East Umatilla County Ambulance Area Health District, which voters approved in the November election.

And the board will consider approving the county’s four-year plan for preventative maintenance. Commissioner George Murdock is keen on the plan. He has said local government during times of tight budgets too often ignore maintenance, which leads to more expensive repairs later.

Under the plan, the county would spend $151,000 this fiscal year on 18 maintenance projects, ranging from a low end of $150 for parking lot striping to highs of $25,000 for a new roof on the maintenance shop and $50,000 to replacing the parking lot there.

For fiscal year 2018-19, the county projected spending $197,100 on 11 projects, including $114,000 to replace the floor at the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office. And for 2019-20, seven projects would costs $109,560, with painting the exterior of the county jail topping the list at $34,480.

The fourth year of the plan has one project: replacing the roof at the county jail for $350,000.