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Lewis County sets hearing to consider repeal of needle-exchange ordinance; approves bridge repair, grant and appointments
Summary
The Lewis County commissioners set a Feb. 10 hearing to consider repealing an ordinance on sterile needle and syringe exchanges, approved a WSDOT maintenance agreement for Garrard Creek Bridge, authorized a $250,000 Dept. of Agriculture grant for fairgrounds improvements and approved several appointments and administrative resolutions.
At its Jan. 27 meeting the Lewis County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to schedule a Feb. 10 hearing on Ordinance 1372, a measure that would repeal Ordinance 1354 (the county provision that had regulated sterile needle and syringe exchanges). "This would set a hearing for ordinance 13 72, which would repeal a previous ordinance, 13 54, that had regulated sterile needle and syringe exchanges," Riva Lester, clerk of the board, told commissioners; the hearing was set for Feb. 10 at or after 10 a.m., and the motion carried 3–0.
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