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Commissioners approve consent block, public‑health contract amendments and adopt emergency management ordinance
Summary
The board approved consent items including warrants/payroll and minutes, reappointed a PFD director, authorized multiple public‑health contract amendments, adjusted fees for fireworks stands, and adopted Ordinance 1365 updating emergency‑management code.
Lewis County commissioners approved a series of consent and deliberation items on June 10, 2025, including routine warrants and payroll, contract amendments for public‑health programs, a reappointment to the Public Facilities District board, an amendment to the county fee schedule for seasonal fireworks stands and adoption of ordinance 13‑65 updating the county emergency‑management code.
Why it matters: The votes allocate or authorize modest adjustments to existing contracts, protect a historic property, and revise county code to reflect emergency‑management structure and spokesperson designation.
Votes at a glance
- Resolution 25‑156 (approval of warrants, payroll and minutes, including minutes from the June 3, 2025 meeting): Approved, vote recorded “Aye. Aye. Motion carries 2‑0.”
- Resolution 25‑157 (reappointment of Ross Peterson to the Public Facilities District board of directors through Aug. 30, 2029): Approved, vote recorded 2‑0.
- Resolutions 25‑160 through 25‑166 (consolidated block of public‑health and administrative amendments): Approved as a block, vote recorded 2‑0. Key items included: - 25‑160: Supplemental consolidated homeless grant funds for the Salvation Army of Lewis County — additional $135,000 for night‑by‑night shelter operations (total contract consideration $792,023). - 25‑161 and 25‑163: Amendments to MOUs between Public Health & Social Services and Superior Court and Drug Court to add recovery support services incentives (additional $3,000 + $600 admin to total $44,247; and additional $5,000 to total $44,417, respectively). - 25‑162: Interlocal agreement with the city of Centralia to fund a nitrate study by Mott MacDonald — Lewis County’s share reduced to $24,375 after final allocation. - 25‑164: Historic courthouse rehabilitation grant contract amendment (extension opportunity following the 2025 capital budget reallocation). - 25‑165: Establish a covenant to protect parcel (auditor file 451768) containing the Coquito Church (built 1858). - 25‑166: Amend county fee schedule to cap fireworks‑stand building permit fees to comply with state law, yielding a season total of $100 for all permit processing and inspections.
- Ordinance 13‑65 (emergency management): Adopted. The ordinance updates county code to designate Emergency Management as a department rather than a division and adds a section formalizing the BOCC spokesperson role during declared emergencies; staff cited RCW 38.52.030 and RCW 38.52.070 as statutory bases.
Board procedure and votes: Items were moved, seconded, and called; recorded votes for the consent block showed two commissioners present voting “Aye” and the motions carried 2‑0. For the items with staff presentations, department directors summarized the purpose and budgetary impact before the board acted.
Selected details and staff remarks: Mija Hamlin, director of Public Health and Social Services, explained the Salvation Army amendment added funds to ensure required staffing levels for nightly shelter operations; Caroline Garvey described the gift‑card incentives for eligible mental‑health and drug‑court participants as funded by the criminal justice treatment account; Doug Carey described the courthouse grant contract extension as enabled by 2025 capital budget reallocation.
What’s next: The county will implement the contract amendments and the ordinance changes per the adopted documents. Staff did not announce additional public hearings tied to these items at the June 10 meeting.
