Cowlitz County commissioners approve consent agenda; consent items include FEMA-funded culvert repair and ARPA contract

The Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners approved the minutes and a consent agenda during a brief meeting that covered several contract items, project reports and reappointments.

Chair (unnamed) ran through the consent agenda, describing a call for bids for the Italian Creek Road culvert project, which the county said was damaged in February 2022 and is being repaired with FEMA funding. The county provided an estimated project cost of "somewhere around $740,000," according to the meeting record. The board also received a final cost report for county forces construction and paving at Camelot Lot; the meeting materials show an actual completion cost of approximately $18,003.

Other consent items listed in the meeting record included contract completion correspondence to Apex Mechanical for a boiler replacement at county administration and annex buildings; a contract execution for Toutle Watershed Treatment Plant Improvements (identified in meeting materials as funded with ARPA dollars); a goods purchase for geomembrane covers used at the county landfill; and a one-year contract with an entity listed in the transcript as the "Maine Society of Southwest Washington" for services referenced by the sheriff. The transcript notes that the dollar amount for that contract fits into the existing budget and that occasional after-hours veterinary services, when required, would be extra.

The board also authorized letters of reappointment to the Building and Planning Advisory Council for Kevin Bloom and Jeanette Ciavelli to four-year terms running through July 2029. Separately, county staff noted support for an application by Olympic Health and Recovery Services to serve as a regional 988 call center; staff said the county's current local hotline receives roughly 4,000 calls per month and the county filed a letter supporting Olympic Health and Recovery Services' 988 center application.

Commissioner (unnamed) moved approval of the consent agenda and minutes; the motions were approved by voice vote. The transcript records no recorded roll-call vote; Commissioner Raider was recorded as absent for the meeting.

The meeting included an item noting upcoming discussion of Port of Woodland tax-increment financing and a short update on where media can access police incident data (staff said that 911 provides that information). The board adjourned after completing the listed business.