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Sheriff seeks covered storage; county agrees to use rural facilities interest to close funding gap

Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners · November 10, 2025
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The sheriff's office asked the board to complete a long-planned storage/evidence building for vehicles and large equipment; a low bid plus fees pushed the total to about $600,000, and county staff recommended using interest earnings in the rural public facilities fund to provide the additional financing beyond a previously allocated $450,000. The

Brad Thurman presented a proposal for a 60-by-100-foot storage building (with an additional lean-to) intended to consolidate evidence vehicle storage and high-value county vehicles under one roof. The low construction bid arrived at roughly $522,000; Thurman estimated that with city fees, stormwater and permitting the…

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