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Votes at a glance: Cowlitz County commissioners approve Red Ribbon Week proclamation and consent items; contract with Goodwill cleared
Summary
At the regular meeting commissioners approved minutes, a proclamation designating Oct. 23–31, 2025 as Red Ribbon Week, a consent agenda containing budget and contract items, and a Health and Human Services contract with Goodwill for developmental disabilities employment and day services.
Here are the formal actions taken during the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners meeting.
Key votes and outcomes - Minutes: Commissioners voted to approve the minutes from recent meetings (motion carried; vote by voice).
- Proclamation: The board approved a resolution proclaiming Oct. 23–31, 2025, as Red Ribbon Week in Cowlitz County. The county read a proclamation and commissioners signed it. Sarah Hancock of the Epic Coalition addressed the board and outlined local Red Ribbon Week activities including a drug take‑back event and distribution of medication lock boxes.
- Consent agenda: The board approved a consent agenda that included a range of contracts, interlocals, amendments and budget certifications. Notable items listed on the consent agenda included: • A contract completion letter to Lakeside Industries for the 2025 countywide pavement overlay project (total project roughly $2.9 million, completed). • A bid award to LROC Industries for purchase of snow sand ($62,290.24). • An amendment to a material sales agreement with Veil Stordahl and Sons (now GLS Newco) to increase the minimum quantity of removed dredged material to 175,000 cubic yards and extend the contract to Dec. 31, 2026. • An extension to the Pleasant Hill Road temporary bridge replacement project contract (FEMA review ongoing), and other interlocal agreements and easements relating to Riderwood supplemental water source. • Vouchers and warrants in the amount of $8,580,470.23 were listed on consent and the consent agenda passed by voice vote.
- Health and Human Services contract: Commissioners approved a one‑year contract with Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region for developmental disabilities employment and day services, up to $87,000 for the year. Gina James, Health and Human Services, presented the item as the final contract tied to a state developmental disabilities employment and day services funding package.
- Ordinance technical amendment: The board approved an administrative amendment renumbering references to the Revised Code of Washington (an internal housekeeping change aligning county land‑use ordinances to state recodification of RCW subsections); the item passed following a brief public hearing with no public comment.
Votes and tally notes All votes reported in the transcript were recorded by voice with commissioners saying “Aye” or passing items with no roll‑call tallies included in the transcript. Where individual roll‑call tallies were not recorded in the minutes, the transcript does not supply a numeric yes/no count; outcomes below are marked "approved" for motions that carried by voice vote.
Why it matters: The consent approvals include capital work (a completed $2.9 million overlay project), material agreements that affect dredge spoil management, and interlocal commitments that affect water infrastructure and flood districts. The Goodwill contract authorizes county support for disability employment services funded through state contracts.
Ending Several consent agenda items and the contract with Goodwill will proceed to implementation by staff; commissioners and staff indicated follow‑up as needed for FEMA environmental review and for any interlocal agreement reporting.
