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Fort Collins County approves consultant to review Port Angeles Hardwoods tax appeals

Fort Collins County Commissioners · February 26, 2026

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Summary

After an executive-session discussion about potential litigation, Fort Collins County Commissioners voted to approve a contract with consultant Scott Sampson to evaluate Port Angeles Hardwoods' tax appeals for tax years 2022–2024.

The Fort Collins County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to approve a contract with consultant Scott Sampson to evaluate tax-appeal filings by Port Angeles Hardwoods covering the 2022 through 2024 tax years.

The board met in a special session on Feb. 26, 2026, and convened an executive session — cited in the meeting as "rcw42.30.1ten" — to discuss agency matters related to enforcement actions and potential or pending litigation. After returning to the public record at 1:45 p.m., commissioners moved and seconded a proposal to retain the outside consultant for the tax-appeals review. "All those in favor, please say aye," Commissioner Mike French said; the commissioners responded in the affirmative and the motion passed by voice vote.

The contract was described during the meeting as an evaluation of Port Angeles Hardwoods' tax appeals for tax years 2022 through 2024. The transcript records the consultant's name as Scott Sampson (transcript variants include "Scott Samson/Sampson"). The transcript does not record a formal roll-call vote or list which commissioner moved and which seconded the motion; the motion passed on a voice vote.

Commissioner Mike French led introductions for the record at the start of the special meeting and noted that the county's HR director, Bonnie Deller, joined the conversation around 1:10 p.m. The board paused public recording for the executive session and reconvened on the record at 1:31 p.m., then extended briefly before returning at 1:45 p.m. to consider the consultant contract.

The meeting did not include a detailed public discussion of the contract terms, the consultant's fee, or a timeline for the review; those details were not specified in the public transcript. The board adjourned after approving the contract.