HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025/08/05 - RegularBoard of Mason County Commissioners
Draft Meeting Agenda
Commission Chambers
411 N 5th St, Shelton, WA 98584
August 5, 2025
9:00 a.m.
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1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
4. Correspondence and Organizational Business
4.1 Correspondence
5. Open Forum for Citizen Input
Please see above options to provide public comment; 3 minutes per person, 15-minute time limit.
6. Adoption of Agenda
Items appearing on the agenda after “Item 10. Public Hearings” may be acted upon before 9:15 a.m.
7. Approval of Minutes – July 21 and July 28, 2025 Briefing Minutes and July 22, 2025 Regular Meeting
Minutes
8. Approval of Action Agenda
Items listed under “Action Agenda” may be enacted by one motion unless a Commissioner or citizen requests an item be
removed from the Action Agenda and considered a separate item.
8.1 Approval of Warrants and Treasurer Electronic Remittances
Claims Clearing Fund Warrant # 8114022-8114331 $3,273,517.80
Direct Deposit Fund Warrant # 118112-118526 $1,030,230.91
Salary Clearing Fund Warrant # 7009035-7009062 $ 667,259.42
8.2 Approval of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027 Department of Commerce Consolidated Homeless Grant (CHG)
interagency agreement in the amount of $7,453,546.
8.3 Approval of the Washington State Conservation Commission contract for the Voluntary Stewardship Program
(VSP) in the amount of $290,000 from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027 and approval of amendment no. 5
to contract no. 19-053 with the Mason Conservation District as lead entity on the contract.
8.4 Approval of the Resolution extending the increased hourly rate for contracted felony Criminal Defense
Attorneys from $125 an hour to $175 an hour through December 31, 2025.
8.5 Approval to purchase a new door through Cressy Door Company for the Sheriff’s Office parking lot for the
estimated amount of $20,113.84 from Real Estate Excise Tax (REET) funds.
8.6 Approval to accept the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner and grant the vacation of the right-of-way as
petitioned, subject to the conditions contained in the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and
Recommendations of the Hearing Examiner for Road Vacation no. 424.
8.7 Approval to acknowledge the County Engineer’s submission of the Highway Safety Improvement Program
(HSIP) grant application to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and authorize the
Chair to sign all pertinent documents related to the grant, including agreements and certifications, should
funding be awarded.
8.8 Approval to set a Public Hearing for Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 9:15 a.m. to review the 2026 Annual
Construction Program and approval to set a Public Hearing for Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 9:15 a.m. to
review the Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for 2026-2031.
8.9 Approval for the Public Works Director and/or Deputy Director – Utilities and Waste Management to sign the
2025-2027 Local Solid Waste Funding Assistance (LSWFA) agreement.
8.10 Approval of the letter of support for Public Utility District (PUD) No. 1’s application to the Economic
Development Association (EDA) 2025 Disaster Supplemental Grant Program for the Jorstad Substation.
8.11 Approval of the letter of support for Public Utility District (PUD) No. 3’s application to the Economic
Development Association (EDA) 2025 Disaster Supplemental Grant Program for the Belfair Urban Growth
Area (UGA) Electrical Projects.
8.12 Approval for Commissioner Neatherlin to sign the Exclusive Sale and Listing Agreement with Richard
Beckman Realty Group, LLC for parcel no. 22005-53-00012, 1581 E Phillips Lake Loop Road.
8.13 Approval to reclass Maggie Huston from Administrative Assistant to Administrative Services Manager and
revise the Administrative Services Manager position description to better generalize the role encompassing
responsibilities for both the Prosecutor’s and Public Defender’s programs.
8.14 Approval of the Professional Services Contract with Angela Avery Law PLLC to assume the essential duties
of the Chief Public Defender position from August 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 in the amount of
$51,594.
8.15 Approval of the letter of opposition to the Washington State Department of Ecology draft Tier II Anti-
degradation Analysis for the Washington State Forest Practices Board’s proposed Western Washington Type
Np Waters Buffer Rule.
8.16 Approval for the Public Works Director to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Solid Waste Drop Box Hauling
and Regional Recycling Drop Station Program contract with Mason County Garbage and Recycling extending
the contract to April 1, 2031 with two optional five-year automatic renewals subject to mutual written
agreement.
8.17 Approval of the Resolution giving the County Administrator the authority to negotiate hourly contracts with
Public Defense Misdemeanor Attorneys up to $150 an hour from August 4, 2025 through December 31, 2025.
8.18 Approval to vote for Clallam County Commissioner Randy Johnson as the County representative position on
the Department of Natural Resource’s (DNR) Board of Natural Resources (BNR).
8.19 Approval of the Resolution Amending Resolution 2025-031 creating an Administrative Services Manager
position in the Public Defense office at Range 34 on the Non-Represented Salary Schedule.
9. Other Business (Department Heads and Elected Officials)
10. 9:15 a.m. Public Hearings and Items Set for a Certain Time
Please see above options to provide public testimony.
10.1 Public Hearing to consider approval of the five (5) 2024 Open Space applications as recommended by the
Assessor’s Office and Community Development. Staff: Ciara Stiles and Kell Rowen
10.2 Public Hearing to consider public testimony for the amendments to Mason County Code Chapter 5.18
Temporary Outdoor Public Events (TOPE) and approval to continue the Public Hearing to Tuesday, August
19, 2025 at 9:15 a.m. to deliberate and vote on the TOPE amendments. Staff: Kell Rowen
11. Board’s Calendar and Reports
12. Adjournment