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Cowlitz County approves consent agenda including landfill flare bid and five-year jail pharmacy contract
Summary
Cowlitz County commissioners approved a consent agenda that included a call for bids to replace a landfill flare, the purchase of a work truck, and a five-year pharmaceutical-services contract for the county jail; the corrections director clarified that the county assumes medical responsibility for people booked into custody.
Cowlitz County commissioners approved their consent agenda Tuesday, calling for bids to replace the flare at the Tenet/Tenant Way closed landfill and awarding a five‑year pharmaceutical services contract for the county corrections facility to Westwood Pharmacy.
The move to open bids for a replacement flare is scheduled for April 20, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.; county staff told commissioners the existing flare, installed around 1992, is being downsized because gas production has declined as the landfill has aged. The county noted the…
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