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County staff seek contract extensions, staffing fills and review opioid settlement notice; two executive sessions held
Summary
Officials requested a contract extension for a consultant on the critical areas ordinance, an extension of the county's federal-lobbying contract, several personnel actions (including recruiting an engineer), and discussed an opioid settlement notice with an upcoming signing deadline; the board held two executive sessions and returned with no actions taken.
At Monday's meeting the board considered several administrative items: a request from Building and Planning to extend its consultant contract, a proposed modification to the county's federal-lobbying contract, personnel recruitment requests, and a recently received opioid settlement notice.
Tracy Jackson of Building and Planning asked to extend a professional-services contract with Facet to complete the critical areas ordinance update. Jackson said no additional money was requested and that a draft ordinance is expected by the end of March, with Planning Commission review in May and probable board consideration in mid‑July.
Staff also described the county's annual agreement with CFM Strategic Communications for federal advocacy. The contract amount (historically $81,000) would remain unchanged but staff reported legal inserted a $19,000 cap on out-of-scope work; staff recommended continuing the contract based on perceived value in federal engagement.
Human Resources Director Jessica Warren presented personnel items: preserving a transferring clerk's step date despite a pay reduction; recruiting to fill a vacant engineer position (open to multiple levels from trainee to senior) and an accounting specialist that would be a domino effect of promotions; and summer-help requests—up to 15 positions for Public Works with existing pay ranges unchanged.
The board recessed to two executive sessions—one for collective bargaining and one for a public-employee performance issue—returning with no action taken. After the session, a commissioner said staff had an opioid settlement notice in the inbox with a potential signing deadline in mid-April; staff said they would review the notice and bring it back to the board for a decision.
The meeting ended with a commissioner saying county staff would follow up with Cascadia Tech about temporary use of county space for a forestry program while the organization's permanent facility is completed.
