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Votes at a glance: Walla Walla County commissioners — March 23, 2026
Summary
A compact rundown of motions and recorded outcomes from the March 23 Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners meeting, including unanimous approvals of several contracts and one divided vote on the jail medical contract amendment.
The Walla Walla County Board of Commissioners recorded the following actions and outcomes on March 23, 2026:
- Approve agenda as presented — passed 3–0. - Hiring freeze exception for Public Works mechanic I/II — passed 3–0. - Hiring freeze exception for Technology Services Director — passed 3–0. - Approve consent agenda (minutes for March 16–17) — passed 3–0. - Spend Authorization #91 (Community Development out-of-state travel) — passed 3–0. - Spend Authorization #86 (District Court out-of-state travel) — passed 3–0. - Proposal 20206323 — Second amendment to Ivy Medical/ Aspen Medical professional services agreement (jail medical staffing) — passed 2–1. - Proposal 20203623 Maintenance (delegated authority to issue purchase order for furniture/panels) — passed 3–0. - Proposal 20206323 DCH — release 2026–2028 homeless housing and assistance RFA (year 1 = $1,804,593) — passed 3–0. - Port grant approval for Fish Hook Park Road project (use of Port economic development sales tax funds) — passed 3–0. - Contract E26-0124 (cybersecurity grant, $101,000) — passed 3–0. - Walla Walla–Columbia Accessible Communities Advisory Committee bylaws — passed 3–0. - Resolution setting salaries for certain county elected officials (2029–2030) — passed 3–0. - Ordinance correction (Ordinance No. 509) to amend speed limits in county code — passed 3–0. - WSDOT functional classification request for South 3rd Avenue — board approved sending a letter 3–0. - Reimbursement agreement with City of Walla Walla for Mill Creek Road (MP 6.5–8.0) — passed 3–0. - Approval of county vouchers, warrants and electronic payments — passed 3–0.
Motions were moved and seconded during the meeting; vote tallies recorded on the record matched the results above. Items that passed unanimously are recorded as 3–0 in the meeting minutes; the jail medical services amendment was the only item with a recorded dissent (2–1).
