Commissioners approve minutes and consent agenda; set hearings and approve contracts, vouchers

The Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners voted to approve the minutes and the consent agenda during its meeting on Tuesday.

The board approved the minutes of July and then approved the consent agenda without roll‑call details recorded in the transcript. The consent agenda included: calls for hearings on August 12 for an amendment to Cowlitz County Code chapter 1104 (traffic signage and county‑set fines) and a comprehensive plan map amendment covering roughly 51.5 acres of properties off Kildeer Road in the Castle Rock area (proposed change from five‑acre minimums to two‑acre minimums); a one‑time purchase of approximately 7,300 linear feet of high‑density pipe for landfill use; a contract award to Durden Aggregate Inc. for a countywide new guardrail project (approximately $2.98 million) focused largely on Klamath River Road; a right‑of‑way easement for Pacific Utilities District at the fairgrounds gateway project; an equipment purchase (desktop and 50 ruggedized laptops) for the sheriff’s department; a drainage improvement district May 2025 voucher ($1,330.51) and regular county vouchers totaling about $2,000,002.31 (transcript amounts presented verbally).

The board recessed until 10 a.m. to receive a Department of Ecology presentation and a mental‑health workshop later in the morning.

Votes and motions: the transcript records the motions to approve the minutes and to approve the consent agenda and the board voice votes of “Aye.” No roll‑call vote record with member names was captured in the transcript supplied.

Ending: no contested items were raised during the vote; subsequent agenda items proceeded as scheduled.