Lewis County commissioners approve contracts, appointments and set budget-hearing date
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The Lewis County Board of Commissioners approved a package of deliberation items Feb. 10 including a $115,821 PSA supplemental payment, road and chip-seal contracts, lodging tax advisory appointments, and a rejection of public-health lab proposals; the board also set a March 3 public hearing for a first 2026 budget amendment.
Lewis County commissioners on Feb. 10 approved a set of deliberation items that included contract awards, appointments and a scheduled public hearing on a 2026 budget amendment.
County Community Development staff presented resolution 26-050 to authorize the 30th supplemental professional services agreement between West Consultants and Lewis County, acting as fiscal agent for the Shalees River Basin Flood Authority. Sarah Hensley said the authorization would allow the director of Community Development to sign on behalf of the county for $115,821 for operations and maintenance work in calendar year 2026.
Commissioners also approved appointments to the Lewis County Planning Commission under resolution 26-051. Mindy Brooks introduced the appointees, Nathan Carpenter (District 1) and Robert Hankins (District 2).
Public Works summarized several transportation-related items. County Engineer West Anderson said five responsive bids were received for chiprock material for the county chip-seal program and that Goods Crushing (Winlock) was the lowest responsive bidder at $264,618.90 under resolution 26-053. For a slide repair on Mead Hill Road (milepost 0.77 to 0.1815), West Anderson said 17 responsive bids were received and that P & A Civil LLC (Tacoma) was the lowest responsive bidder at $1,497,504 under resolution 26-054. Resolution 26-052 authorizes the county engineer to acquire limited right of way from two adjoining property owners to complete preventative bridge maintenance on Hining Road and Galvin Road.
Rita Lester, clerk of the board, presented resolution 26-055 to appoint Harry Bagwandan (Shady Grove Retreat Center) and Jessica Scoggin (Fire Mountain Arts Council) to provider and user roles, respectively, on the Lewis County Lodging Tax Advisory Committee through Dec. 31, 2027.
On public-health procurement, Matt Patana of Capital Infrastructure asked the board to re-approve rejection of all proposals for the public health water lab, saying proposed costs did not outweigh potential benefits; the board approved that action as resolution 26-056.
Becky Butler provided notice details for a separate item: the board set a public hearing on March 3 for the first 2026 budget amendment. Butler said written comments will be accepted through 10 a.m. March 1 and that the amendment reflects a revenue increase of $1,888,120 and an expenditure increase of $2,900,012 (estimated change in fund balance $1,011,892). The board approved the package of deliberation items and related consent and notice items by voice vote (motions carried 3-0).
The public was also given advance notice that Olympic Pipeline Company had applied to renew a five-year franchise for a pipeline within county road rights-of-way; staff will publish legal notice for a hearing set for March 10, 2026.
The board concluded the agenda items and moved to a public hearing later in the meeting.