In a split decision, Hood River County Commissioners elected to wait until Monday before deciding whether they are ready to submit an application to the state to enter into Phase 2 reopening.  Those who wanted to wait cited the recent outbreak of cases at three different congregate work facilities, and concerns about whether the County’s health department could handle the contract tracing with a further increase.  Department Director Patricia Elliott told the Commission they are keeping up right now in spite of eight positive COVID-19 tests in the past couple of days, but did say she was fine with making the application but with a reopening date of June 12 rather than this Friday to allow more time to gather more test results and get more contract tracers.  County Health Officer Dr. Christopher Van Tilburg said hospital capacity is adequate with a plan in place to deal with a surge, and emphasized the case rate in proportion to testing hasn’t really changed with the beginning of testing asymptomatic people last week.  Commission Chair Mike Oates joined Les Perkins and Rich McBride in wanting to wait, with Oates saying he was worried about having to go backward if they move too quickly.  Bob Benton and Karen Joplin wanted to move forward, with Benton explaining he was worried about gathering sizes prescribed by the state but also concerned for businesses waiting for the next phase.  In the end Benton’s motion to send the application letter with a June 12 start date was defeated three-to-two, and the Commission will meet again on Monday.