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Pacific County commissioners approve property purchase, budget amendment and multiple contracts
Summary
At its May 13 meeting the Pacific County Board of Commissioners approved a $2.5 million purchase of a Harbor Rock building, adopted a FY2025 budget supplement amendment and approved several procurement contracts and resolutions including an investment-threshold increase and a noxious-weed assessment (deferred then adopted).
The Pacific County Board of Commissioners on May 13 voted to approve a series of motions covering capital purchases, contracts and budget adjustments, including a $2.5 million agreement to buy a building from Harbor Rock Inc., adoption of a fiscal-year 2025 budget amendment and an increase in the county's investment threshold.
The board voted to approve a real-estate purchase-and-sale agreement with Harbor Rock Inc. for parcel 1409273304 at 307 Robert Bush Drive E for $2.5 million to be paid over five years in annual $500,000 installments from Capital Projects Fund 301. County staff said current tenants, including DSHS, remain under lease through 2027 and would not be displaced immediately.
In other formal actions, the board adopted Resolution 2025032 (Supplement Amendment No. 2 to the FY2025 budget), which reallocates one full-time equivalent chief civil deputy prosecutor and associated salary ($133,081) and benefits ($38,594) from an internal service (RISC) fund to the Prosecutor's general-fund budget to reflect where the work has been performed. The resolution also incorporated a $1,500 grant into the sheriff's law-enforcement fund for traffic-safety overtime. Staff said a follow-up journal voucher will reallocate prior expenditures.
Commissioners also approved Resolution 2025033 to raise the county's investment authority to a $20 million maximum, a change the Finance Committee recommended to give treasury staff expanded flexibility. A motion to adopt a noxious-weed assessment was deferred earlier in the meeting for technical edits and later adopted as Resolution 2025029 (see separate article).
Other votes included contract awards and procurement approvals: a $266,771 chiprock crushing award to Sterling Breen Crushing Inc.; a $52,567 on-call agreement with Sargent Engineers for 2025 bridge inspections; purchase approvals for fleet and repair software and an HPE tape-drive backup unit; and Resolution 2025028 authorizing disposal of surplus electronic equipment through a state-authorized e-waste facility.
The board held a public hearing on the budget amendment and then recessed into an executive session on potential litigation; the meeting reconvened at 1:01 p.m. with no decisions announced from the closed session.
Votes at a glance (selected): - Harbor Rock Inc. property purchase (parcel 1409273304): approved, $2.5 million, payments over five years. - Resolution 2025032 (FY2025 supplement amendment No.2): adopted (reallocation of 1.0 FTE prosecutor costs; addition of $1,500 sheriff grant revenue). - Resolution 2025033 (investment threshold increase to $20M): adopted. - Resolution 2025029 (noxious weed assessment): deferred, then adopted after clarifying language (see separate coverage). - Resolution 2025028 (surplus e-waste disposal): adopted.
The board indicated additional items will be handled at future meetings and that staff will prepare the necessary accounting entries and contracts.
