Commissioners approve internal hire for land surveyor and set planning hearing

Cowlitz County Commissioners (informal briefing) · December 30, 2025

Get AI-powered insights, summaries, and transcripts

Subscribe
AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

After a 10-minute executive session, commissioners approved filling the public land surveyor position with an internal applicant and set a closed-record hearing for Jan. 13 on a short plat; staff recommended reappointing Mark to the planning commission.

The board held a brief executive session to discuss the performance of a public employee, then returned with no formal decisions recorded from the closed meeting.

Jessica Warren, human resources, asked the board to approve filling the public land surveyor position at salary grade 560. She said there is an internal applicant who meets qualifications and that filling the position would leave the applicant’s prior role vacant. All three commissioners present agreed to the hiring request during the briefing.

On planning matters, staff recommended reappointing Mark (current planning commission chair) citing his experience; commissioners raised no objections. Staff also set a closed-record hearing for Jan. 13 on a short plat subdivision that adds one lot; planning commissioners had unanimously approved the short plat at the planning commission level.

No contested votes were recorded at the briefing; staff said they would follow up with formal documentation and bring any items requiring a formal vote to the regular meeting schedule.