Cowlitz County staff seek commissioner signature on solid-waste grant amendment, recommend landfill monitoring contracts and award low bid for Tower Road water‑

Public Works staff told the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday that they will ask the board to allow a commissioner to sign a Local Solid Waste Financial Assistance (LSWIFA) grant amendment and then place the item on next week’s consent agenda.

Savannah Clement, Public Services, said the two‑year LSWIFA award runs July to June and that the state awards the county $484,000 on a biannual basis; staff said the county is reimbursed about $363,000 over the two‑year cycle. Clement said staff are adjusting how those dollars are allocated among the household hazardous waste (MRW) facility, the county’s rural recycling program and a small share for homeless encampment cleanup at Camp Hope, amounting to a net reallocation of about $98,100 across the three uses with no change to the overall award.

The amendment request will ask the board to authorize a commissioner to sign the paperwork before the item appears on the consent agenda.

Why it matters: the LSWIFA funds pay for the…