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Cowlitz County public‑records office reports 3,086 requests in 2025, details system changes
Summary
Public records lead Bailey Silva reported the county processed 560 county requests and the sheriff’s office about 2,500 (3,086 total), described a system transition with intake deflections and dynamic fields, and noted email-accounting practices complicate searches; AI tools are under discussion but not in use.
Bailey Silva, the county’s public‑records specialist, gave the commissioners a 2025 overview of public‑records work and system changes. "For the county side, we received 560 public records requests, and then the sheriff's office received about 2,500 requests for a total of 3,086," Silva said.
Silva described a recent transition to a new public‑records management system that includes built‑in intake deflections to guide requesters to records already available…
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