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At a glance: Pacific County commissions approve grants, hires, promotions and purchases
Summary
At its June 24 meeting, Pacific County commissioners approved multiple routine but consequential items: grants for records digitization and planning, promotions and hires across departments, a county EHR agreement for public health, and a single‑source purchase of an emergency shelter funded by an EMPG award.
During a lengthy June 24 session, Pacific County commissioners approved a slate of routine actions that will affect county operations and services.
Notable board actions included: • Assessor: acceptance of an $8,250 grant from the Washington Secretary of State’s Archives and Records Management Division to digitally image ownership books (vendor: MODIS Technology). • Auditor: adoption of Resolution 2025‑038 to increase the Auditor's petty cash fund. • Promotions/hires: multiple personnel actions were approved, including promotion of Nicole Deskins (auditor office), hiring of telecommunicator Nabil Hamid (PACOM), appointment of Jessica Verboomen as deputy director of Health & Human Services, and several temporary hires for fair and parks work. • Public Health: approval of a $5,000 agreement with Qualifacts for a new electronic health record system to support behavioral‑health case management, and award of a $46,387.63 roster contract for facility improvements paid through the foundational public health services grant. • Procurement: authorization to purchase a Sharp color copier/scanner (≤ $6,400) and adoption of Resolution 2025‑040 to purchase an MRP ASAP‑18 shelter (single‑source) for $15,007.95 using EMPG funds. • Grants and program contracts: approval of multiple grant agreements and RFP/RFA issuances (comprehensive plan update grant application for $350,000; Ecology solid waste grants; RFP for 0.1% housing funding; multi‑year contracts with housing providers and support services).
Several items were presented as standard motions with little debate and passed by voice vote. One contract motion (entertainment at the county fair) was amended on the record to rescind a prior January 14 motion before reapproval.
What this means: The approvals move a set of personnel, procurement and program decisions into implementation. Several expenditures are grant‑funded; others are driven by the compensation study and will affect recurring personnel costs.
