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Commissioners approve $13,000 interlocal loan to Wahkiakum Fire District No. 3; one commissioner recuses

Wahkiakum Board of County Commissioners · January 27, 2026
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Summary

The Wahkiakum County Board authorized the Treasurer to have the Prosecuting Attorney draft an Interlocal Loan Agreement to issue a $13,000 loan to Wahkiakum Fire District No. 3. The motion passed with Commissioners Tischer and Cothren voting yes and Commissioner Letham recusing.

The Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 27 authorized the Treasurer to have the Prosecuting Attorney draft an Interlocal Loan Agreement to issue a $13,000 loan to Wahkiakum Fire District No. 3.

Commissioner Lee Tischer and Chair Dan Cothren moved and seconded the action; the recorded vote was Aye—Tischer and Cothren. Commissioner Mark Letham recused himself from the decision. The minutes record the motion as passing after the recusal. The action instructs the county Prosecuting Attorney to prepare the loan paperwork so the loan can be issued once the agreement is finalized.

The loan was described in the minutes as a formal interlocal lending arrangement; specific repayment terms and a loan schedule were not specified in the record. The entry identifies the Treasurer and the Prosecuting Attorney as the officials responsible for preparing the agreement but does not name either official in the text.