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Cowlitz County commissioners approve $150,000 emergency shelter contract; public commenters press on housing, codes and behavioral health
Summary
The Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners approved a one-year contract with Emergency Support Shelter for up to $150,000 — including $100,000 for operations and up to $50,000 to match private donations — and passed the consent agenda. Public commenters criticized state building codes and wind‑energy impacts and asked for updates on a behavioral health facility.
Cowlitz County commissioners voted to approve a Health and Human Services contract with Emergency Support Shelter for up to $150,000 for the year, the board heard on Tuesday. Gina James of Health and Human Services told the board the shelter provided services to about 150 people last year, more than half of whom were children, and described the contract as $100,000 for shelter operations with up to $50,000 available as a match to private donations.
The contract was approved as part of a streamlined meeting that also advanced multiple consent agenda items. The chair summarized items that included a final change order of $11,002.33 on the Garlic Road/Delameter Creek fish passage project (a project cited as greater than $2,000,000), interlocal agreements allowing sheriff’s deputies to patrol timberland and use a regional shooting range, and a personal service agreement for emergency evacuation planning with Ernie Schnabel…
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