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Public-records officer reports 3,086 requests in 2025 and system upgrades underway
Summary
Bailey Silva told commissioners the county received 560 county requests and the sheriff's office about 2,500 in 2025 (3,086 total). Staff have added deflections, a Teams pilot, dynamic search fields, an exit checklist and are monitoring possible model-rule changes from the Attorney General.
Bailey Silva, the county public-records officer, told commissioners that in 2025 Cowlitz County processed roughly 560 county-side public-records requests while the sheriff's office handled about 2,500, for a combined total of approximately 3,086 requests.
Silva described efforts to reduce repeated or unnecessary requests by adding "deflections" that direct the public to records already published online, such as food-inspection reports the health department recently…
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