Skagit County commissioners approve consent agenda, ratify grants and advance housing, opioid-settlement actions

Skagit County commissioners approved a 19-item consent agenda and two miscellaneous public-health items during a short Aug. 18 meeting, voting unanimously among the two commissioners present to pass the consent items and voting 2-0 to approve the miscellaneous items.

The consent agenda (items 1–19) included multiple routine appointments and contracts. Commissioners approved the appointment of Dane Holbert to fill Position 4 on a special dike improvement district board and the appointment of Joel Dryden — identified in the meeting as representing Hill Truck Tree Farm and Pacific Denkman, forest landowners — to the county’s Forest Advisory Board to replace Chuck Parker, who is retiring before his term ended. The board also approved an award for a county website redesign and a professional services agreement with the Washington State Health Care Authority related to short-term housing subsidies for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness due to substance-use…