Tuesday Public Meeting - 10.27.2026

At the Cowlitz County Commissioners’ Tuesday public meeting on October 27, 2026, commissioners approved the consent agenda, including a revised prospectus adding $25,000 for inspection costs to the Allander Road bridge replacement project and Change Order No. 1 with North Cascade Excavating for the Dyke Road Reconstruction Project. The change-order amount is unclear in the transcript (rendered as “$49,98”). The consent agenda also included vouchers totaling $4,384,669.57 and other agreements and county business. Commissioners approved motion items 7–9 for IT purchases: $56,000 to replace out-of-warranty servers and a three-year Varonis renewal totaling $366,325, with annual payments stated as $122,125. Staff said the server purchase would be funded from reserves and confirmed maintenance and troubleshooting were included; Varonis is used to monitor and protect sensitive county data.

Commissioners also approved contracts for coordinated-entry services (items 10, 12, and 13), funded through the state-reimbursed Consolidated Homeless Grant, and a separate grant-funded contract with Family Promise of Cowlitz County for family homelessness prevention and stabilization through June 30, 2027. No contract amounts were stated for these services. Other business included establishing an application and interview process to fill a vacancy on Cemetery District No. 1’s board and reappointments to the Board of Health.