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Cowlitz County commissioners approve consent agenda including interlocal agreements and special appointment
Summary
The Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners on a unanimous vote approved a consent agenda that included interlocal agreements for conservation, animal services, a memorandum with Skamania County for emergency inmate housing, a design agreement for an indoor multipurpose facility, and a special deputy prosecuting attorney appointment.
The Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners on a unanimous vote approved a consent agenda that bundled interlocal agreements, contracts and a special appointment.
The consent agenda included an interlocal agreement with the Cowlitz Conservation District to provide coordination and support services for the Voluntary Stewardship Program; a memorandum of understanding with Skamania County for emergency housing of inmates in the event of evacuation; an interlocal agreement with the cities of Castle Rock, Kalama, Kelso, Longview and Woodland for joint procurement and contracting of animal shelter and animal control services; and an agreement with the public facilities district to develop design and a budget for a proposed indoor multipurpose sports complex.
The agenda packet also listed a completion letter to Prestige Northwest Restoration for mitigation and repair of the annex building after water damage, a supplemental agreement with PBS Engineering and Environmental LLC to revise disadvantaged business enterprise participation and cost computations for the Delameter Road culvert replacement project, and a contract execution with AllStripes for countywide pavement striping (listed at $538,508). The board approved those items as part of the consent motion.
The consent agenda also recorded a letter dated June 9, 2025, from Kurt Fredenberg, regional director at the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, about a notice of a nongaming land-acquisition application; a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission notice dated June 13 regarding a 2025 dam safety inspection follow-up for the SWIFT number 2 project; and a letter appointing Charlotte Stoll Smith to the Yale Valley Library District Board of Trustees for a five-year term.
One commissioner asked whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs letter concerned land in Cowlitz County; county staff and other commissioners said the letter reflected an application by a tribe to acquire non-gaming land but that the packet did not include more precise location details. The transcript records no further county action on the application.
The board voted to approve the consent agenda after a motion; the vote was recorded as in favor and the motion passed. No separate motions to remove or separately consider any consent items were recorded in the transcript.
What happens next: staff will proceed with the contract and interlocal implementations listed in the consent agenda; specific project start dates and implementation timelines were not included in the meeting record.
