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Skamania County commissioners hold brief executive session, schedule follow-ups; meeting adjourned
Summary
The board entered an executive session citing RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) to discuss potential litigation, discussed policy items including the Northwest Forest Plan and road‑naming, and adjourned after a motion carried by voice vote.
Chair or a designee opened the meeting segment by saying the board would move into an executive session to confer with legal counsel about current or potential litigation as permitted by state law (RCW 42.30.110(1)(i)). The executive-session notice said the session would run to a specified time and the meeting later returned to regular order.
After the executive session, commissioners recessed until the 2:30 p.m. schedule for the Washington Gorge Action Programs update. Later in the meeting commissioners discussed several procedural and planning items under "meeting updates," including:
- The Forest Service Northwest Forest Plan update and a public meeting that emphasized Option D, a proposal to increase active forest treatments such as selective logging and fuel breaks to reduce wildfire risk. Commissioners discussed the Forest Service’s capacity to implement such measures and noted that wildfire-response spending consumes a large portion of the agency’s budget.
- Scheduling a workshop or a standing discussion slot to provide direction to department heads and elected officials on items including travel and administrative directives.
- Road-naming and the need to provide proposed names to county staff (a commissioner suggested names such as "Al McKee Road" or "Mead Road" as examples).
The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn. The motion was seconded and carried by voice vote; the clerk announced the meeting was adjourned at 3:08 p.m.
No formal decisions on litigation, ordinances or budget items were reported in public minutes during the executive session or the subsequent meeting updates. The executive-session statutory citation referenced by the chair was RCW 42.30.110(1)(i), the Washington open‑meetings law provision that allows closed consultation with legal counsel for litigation matters.
