The Statesman Examiner (Colville) OFF-ROAD VEHICLE ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY STEVENS COUNTY           SHERIFF EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY By Kim Frlan, SE Staff Reporter Excerpt: Stevens County Sheriff Craig Thayer expressed concern about public safety related to the new ordinance. “This is an unfunded mandate,” Sheriff Thayer said.   “It is a new traffic enforcement issue we haven’t had to address.  We’re still trying to formulate how to enforce it.  I don’t have any additional resources for additional traffic enforcement.  I have put in a budget request for additional traffic safety officers.” The sheriff stated in a phone interview that he asked the county commissioners to contact a state ORV advisory committee before voting on the ordinance.  He said the commissioners indicated they had not done so prior to the Nov. 5 hearing. “I’m not opposed to limited use as the legislature had intended.  The Stevens County ordinance is more expansive than that,” Sheriff Thayer said.  “I’m very concerned about the safety of the motoring public – not only ORVs, but cars and trucks on mixed-use roads.”