The Wasco County Commission has decided to inform the state of Oregon that it will officially relinquish administration of building codes to the state on October 31.  The wait until October 31 is to allow the City of The Dalles time to decide whether it wants to take over those operations. County Commissioner Scott Hege says the decision to give the notification is to provide some certainty to all involved, as the state has been operating building codes on a temporary basis since the Mid-Colulmbia Council of Governments was dissolved.  The City did not close the door on taking on the program at a recent meeting, but did express concern over start-up costs, and whether reserves for the program when it was MCCOG could be used for that purpose.