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Skagit County approves consent agenda, including FEMA-funded buyout, park acquisition grant and shelter contract
Summary
On Aug. 11 the Skagit County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the consent agenda (items 1–29), which included a FEMA-funded voluntary buyout for a flood-damaged riverfront property, a state grant for the Big Rock park acquisition, a $474,857 contract for a drop-in shelter operator and several infrastructure and conservation agreements.
The Skagit County Board of Commissioners on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, approved its consent agenda, items 1 through 29, by unanimous voice vote. Key items on the consent agenda included a FEMA-funded real estate purchase and sale agreement for a flood-damaged riverfront property, a Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) grant for the Big Rock acquisition, a Washington State Department of Health amendment for an ultraviolet upgrade at the Edison wastewater treatment facility, and a $474,857 one-year personal services agreement with Welcome Home Skagit to operate the county’s drop-in shelter.
Public-works staff described the FEMA-funded buyout as the result of a declared disaster following a major 2021 flooding and wind event. County staff said the process took about three years to reach agreement. The funding pathway runs from…
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