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Votes at a glance: appointments, contracts and the pavement-preservation award
Summary
Commissioners approved a slate of routine actions: an appointment to an advisory committee, a coroner backup services contract, vendor contracts for planning work, a pavement-preservation bid award and the county's 2026 road-project resolution; details and vote outcomes are listed below.
The Columbia County Board of Commissioners approved several items by voice vote during its meeting.
Key actions (motions and outcomes):
- Appointment: Ken Cox was appointed to a county advisory committee (citizen slot). Motion carried.
- Coroner services: The board approved an agency agreement for professional coroner services with Lisa Weber to serve as a backup coroner; chair authorized to sign. Motion carried.
- Contract: The board approved the White Gloves Consulting contract for the 2027 periodic update (comprehensive plan update grant scope) and authorized the chair to sign. Motion carried.
- Cost-reimbursement/consultant agreement: The board approved a developer-funded cost-reimbursement agreement and an exhibit contract with Shockey Planning Group (Cammie Anderson) to handle SEPA/environmental review and CUP work for a proposed Billiken Renewable Energy peaking plant; developer to fund review via a special assessment account. Motion carried.
- Bid award: The board awarded the 2025 pavement-preservation (chip-seal) contract to Asphalt Paving Inc. for $858,943.20 and authorized the chair to sign. Motion carried.
- Resolution: The board adopted Resolution 2025-25 establishing 2026 county road projects (the annual construction program /6-year plan projects); motion carried.
- Personnel: The board approved salary increases for Grant Morgan (public works engineer) and Ron Weeks (county land surveyor/engineering manager), effective Jan. 1. Motions carried.
No motions were defeated and the actions listed above were approved by voice vote as recorded on the meeting transcript. The board also scheduled and held executive sessions for potential litigation, bargaining strategy and personnel during the meeting; the chair reported direction was given and no formal action was taken in open session.
