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Residents urge Columbia County commissioners to release workplace investigation into Commissioner Casey Garrett

5914695 · September 10, 2025
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Summary

Multiple residents and county employees used the meeting's public comment period to call for release of an internal workplace investigation involving Commissioner Casey Garrett, citing prior reprimands and alleged abusive conduct; no formal vote or action to release the report occurred during the meeting.

Multiple residents and county employees used public comment at the Columbia County Board of Commissioners meeting on Sept. 10 to demand the board release an internal workplace investigation report concerning Commissioner Casey Garrett.

“Release the report,” Gloria Rice, a St. Helens resident, told the commissioners during the three-minute public comment period, adding that “the county residents and employees deserve to know the truth about the workplace investigation fraud against Commissioner Garrett.”

Commenters tied their requests to the county’s stated mission and values. An unnamed county employee who identified themself as part of the team that…

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