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Weed board adds week of WCC work for knotweed; board reviews cash flow and assessment receipts
Summary
Noxious Weed staff and the countys weed board presented updated finances, said they expect higher fourth-quarter intergovernmental revenue and approved an extra week of Washington Conservation Corps crew work for knotweed treatment on Clark Creek funded by the weed board.
Noxious Weed staff briefed commissioners on program finances, special-assessment receipts and a contract modification to add a Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) crew week for knotweed treatment on Clark Creek.
Jennifer (Weed board/department representative) said the program had budgeted $45,000 in intergovernmental revenue but had not yet recognized receipts for 2025; she said the program now expects to bring in more than $60,000 and that much of the assessment revenue arrives in October. "So they do have, a more updated figure. They are expecting to bring in over 60,000 in revenue," she said.
Weed-board representatives said the board opted to add an additional WCC week to the existing Ecology contract to get extra treatment work done; unlike earlier funding, that week will not be fully reimbursed by a grant and will be funded by the weed board. Staff also reviewed a cash-flow chart showing funds are "slowly increasing" compared with prior years but flagged higher expense pressure in the coming year as costs rise.
Staff noted a capital PO of about $12,000 for an AConnex storage unit that they expect to be delivered later in the year. The county will also monitor assessment collections and may consider a fourth-quarter budget amendment when grant billings are submitted.
Commissioners asked about staffing and summer help; staff said they now use a nine-month lead position plus seasonal technicians and hire summer help through a temporary-employer program.
No formal county-level votes were recorded during the briefing; the weed boards decision to add the extra WCC week was reported as approved by that board.
