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County approves direct contracts for unsold Douglas-fir after July auction
Summary
After an unsuccessful auction for one Douglas-fir log sort, the board approved an order enabling direct negotiation and authorized contracts with timber purchasers who bid on other sorts.
Riley Baker, the county general services director, told the board on Aug. 13 that a July timber auction left one Douglas-fir sort unsold and the county needed to cut and remove those trees. Baker said the county had held the required auction but that the unsold timber could be treated as surplus and sold by negotiated contract if the board made specific findings first. Baker said Stimson Lumber agreed to take that unsold sort “for 94% of” the county’s minimum offer and that RSG and Hampton had purchased other sorts. The board adopted Order 54-2025 to…
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