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Cowlitz County public works seeks efficiency fixes, considers moving private-road review to planning
Summary
Public works described a backlog caused by staffing vacancies, proposed a tracking spreadsheet and reassignment of routine permit reviews to a technician and templates to speed reviews, and outlined a possible long-term shift of private-road responsibilities into building and planning pending ordinance changes.
Cowlitz County public works staff told the Board of Commissioners they are testing workflow changes to address a backlog of permit reviews and are evaluating whether private-road reviews should be moved out of public works and into building and planning.
Susan (public works staff) briefed the board on a multi-year issue around private roads and a backlog created by vacancies in the public works office. "We've worked a couple years to help alleviate some of the things that the community, BPAC, saw," she said, adding that staff and county counsel had reviewed requested changes and the county…
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