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Skagit County commissioners approve consent agenda including parks memorial bench program and housing-related service agreements
Summary
On June 9 the Skagit County Board of Commissioners approved its consent agenda, clearing 18 items that included a resolution to establish a Parks and Recreation Memorial Honor Bench program and personal services agreements supporting the county's housing-related Northstar work and lake-management and public-works projects.
The Skagit County Board of Commissioners on June 9 approved its consent agenda, items 1 through 18, by a 3-0 vote.
The package included a resolution to establish a Skagit County Parks and Recreation Memorial Honor Bench program and several personal services agreements supporting housing and park work. The record also showed public works items such as test boring for culvert and fish-passage projects on Christian Camp Road and Martin Road and continuing work on Lake Management Districts 15, 16 and 17 (Big Lake, Lake McMurray, Lake Erie and Lake Campbell).
The memorial bench resolution was listed as consent item 8. Commissioners discussed the sentimental value of benches in community parks and noted the program will require management and oversight. The meeting record did not include details about regulations or fees for bench placement beyond noting the program's establishment.
The consent packet included a personal-services agreement with the county's Public Health Department to work with the county's housing program and a contract with Tenfold to support the county's Northstar priorities. Commissioners described the Tenfold work as providing measurement tools and program-accountability support; no dollar amounts for those individual agreements were read into the record during the approval of the consent agenda.
Public Works staff described soil testing at the two culvert locations as standard practice prior to replacing culverts, to ensure new structures are supported by existing ground conditions. Commissioners also noted that lawn and weed-management work in the lake management districts is funded by property owners in those districts and that the cost of weed-control products and allowable products has been rising.
The motion to approve the consent agenda was moved and seconded from the dais and carried unanimously. The meeting record indicated there were no public commenters for the consent agenda items.
Commissioners recorded appreciation for the variety of work captured on the consent agenda and noted that the agreements and resolutions move forward without additional discussion recorded at the meeting.
