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Votes at a glance: Lewis County commissioners approve notices, consent items and a slate of resolutions
Summary
At the April 28 meeting the board voted 3-0 on multiple resolutions: approved notice items (26-133, 26-134), consent items (26-135), and deliberation items (26-136 through 26-141). A motion on resolution 26-142 failed for lack of a second after one commissioner recused.
The Lewis County Board of Commissioners recorded several formal actions and voice votes on April 28, 2026. Below is a concise list of the items the board moved on and the outcomes as reflected in the meeting transcript.
- Resolution 26-133 (declaration of surplus vehicles and equipment): Presented by Rocky Lyon (Solid Waste). Approved by voice vote, motion carried 3-0.
- Resolution 26-134 (notice of hearing for proposed ordinance 13-76): Clerk Rita Lester announced a May 12 hearing to consider allowing electric-thrust motorized vessels on specified lakes. Approved 3-0.
- Resolution 26-135 (consent items and minutes from the April 21 business meeting): Approved 3-0.
- Resolution 26-136 (agreement with Cascade Mental Health for jail behavioral-health services): Presented by Chief Chris Wey. Approved 3-0.
- Resolution 26-137 (increase Section 125 trust account to $50,000): Presented by Grace Jimenez (Auditor's Office). Approved 3-0.
- Resolution 26-138 (award Randall–Packwood road slide repair to Midway Underground for $520,245.30): Presented by Jeff Soderquist. Approved 3-0.
- Resolution 26-139 (ratify Corolla Engineers professional-services contract for Middle Fork Water System plan, up to $214,522): Presented by Jeff Soderquist. Approved 3-0.
- Resolution 26-140 (Hope Alliance consolidated homeless grant amendment adding $160,000; total $405,122): Presented by Mija Hamlin. Approved 3-0.
- Resolution 26-141 (Coastal Community Action Program amendment adding $929,000; total maximum $1,798,323.60): Presented by Major Hanlon. Approved 3-0.
- Resolution 26-142: One commissioner announced a recusal; another moved to approve but the motion died for lack of a second and no vote was recorded.
Several items were presented with fiscal details in the speakers' remarks; where the transcript did not state an exact dollar amount for a contract or full contract text, the entry above notes that fact. No public-comment speakers registered to speak at the meeting.
