Notice of Hearing: Regarding the adoption of Ordinance 1257, unmarked vehicles in Lewis County ti
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING BEFORE THE
LEWIS COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AND INTENT TO ADOPT
PROPOSED ORDINANCE
ADDING NEW SECTION
TO LEWIS COUNTY CODE
TITLE 10 RELATING TO
UNMARKED COUNTY
VEHICLES
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the LEWIS COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
will hold a public hearing on
STATE OF WASHINGTON Monday,April 6,at 10:00 a.m. in
COUNTY OF LEWIS
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' the Hearing Room of the Board of
County Commissioners in the Lewis
County Historical Court House at
The undersigned,on oath state that he/she is an authorized representative 351 NW North Street,Chehalis,WA
of The East County Journal,a weekly newspaper,which newspaper is a 98532,to receive public testimony
regarding a proposal to add a section
legal newspaper of general circulation and it is now and has been for more to Title 10 of the Lewis County
than six month prior to the date of publication hereinafter referred to, Code specifying exceptions to
published in the English language continuously as a weekly newspaper the general requirement in state
in Morton,Lewis County,Washington,and it is now and during all of law to mark vehicles operated
said time was printed in an office maintained at the aforesaid place of by local government agencies on
publication of this newspaper. public highways or used by local
government agencies in the conduct
of public business.
The notice in the exact form annexed, was published in regular issues At the hearing, members of the
of The East County Journal which was regularly distributed to its public will be invited to speak
subscribers during the below stated period. and/or provide written statements
The annexed notice,a regarding the proposed Ordinance
1257. After the public testimony
,j� (� ' portion of the hearing has ended,the
1 1-h 3c(f f C T—C(LI (- Cf g_tt Commissioners will deliberate and
pp ( consider proposed Ordinance 1257
Cti-LC Cl; 1,�t c. C� �.�.� ��`11�.( CI tkOr o along with the public testimony.
oA �y Proposed Ordinance 1257 may
R
lR C then_be adopted with or without
was publisheXon rY)C� (I k ) , c 1 PI, modification.
The hearing will address the addition
of a new chapter 36 to Lewis
County Code Title 10 that has been
recommended by the Lewis County
The amount of the fee charged for the foregoing publication is the sum Prosecuting Attorney's Office
/ and the Lewis County Sheriff's
of$ ad' D Office. The proposed section
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LCC 10.36.010(A) implements
the authority granted by the
`', �� ��' Legislature to the Board of County
Commissioners to adopt exceptions
Subscribed and sworn to before me this / day f da of ■ 7S-- to the general requirement in RCW
46.08.065 that the county mark
vehicles used or operated by the
CRA_CUL, • tia-t3 county. The proposed,new section
authorizes exceptions to marking
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ss</\ MIS S/047.1 % State of Washington RCW the proposs Specifically,
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V� F sheriff's vehicles may be used for
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general undercover or confidential
investigative purposes and traffic
control purposes in addition to the
existing statutory authorization
to use such vehicles for special
undercover or confidential
investigative purposes. Under
the proposal, other unmarked
county vehicles may be used for
law enforcement purposes and
confidential public health work,
public assistance fraud or support
investigative purposes. Further,
under the proposal,vehicles leased
by the county on a casual basis
for period of less than ninety days
will not need to be marked. The
proposed section LCC 10.36.010(B)
reserves to the Board of County
Commissioners the right to
determine whether county vehicles
are used for purposes listed in
the exceptions enacted in LCC
10.36.010.
All persons wishing to be heard
on this matter are encouraged to
attend. Written comments may be
submitted in advance of the hearing
by mail or at the hearing by delivery
in person. Please deliver copies of
all written copies to the Clerk of
the Board,Lewis County Board of
County Commissioners at 351 NW
North Street,Chehalis,WA 98532 or
email to bocc @lewiscountywa.gov.
The draft ordinance is available on
line at the Lewis County website at
http://lewiscountywa.gov Hard
copies are available for review
at the Lewis County Prosecuting
Attorney's Office at 345 West
Main Street,2nd Floor, Chehalis,
WA 98532.
For questions regarding the above,
please contact Glenn Carter,Chief
Civil Prosecuting Attorney,at 360-
740-2767.
This meeting site is barrier free.
People needing special assistance
or accommodations should contact
The Commissioners' Office 72
hours in
advance of the meeting.
Phone: (360)740-1120
(Published in The East County
Journal March 18 2015)
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF WASHINGTON
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COUNTY OF LEWIS
NOTICE OF adopted with or without the Clerk of the Board,
Amanda Curry,says that she is the legal clerk of PUBLIC HEARING modification. Lewis County Board of
gb BEFORE THE County Commissioners at
e LEWIS COUNTY The hearing will address 351 NW North Street,
BOARD OF the addition of a new Chehalis, WA 98532 or
COUNTY chapter 36 to Lewis County e,mail t o b o c c
a semi-weekly newspaper, which has been established, COMMISSIONERS Code Title 10 that has @lewiscountywa.gov.
published in the English language,and circulated AND INTENT TO been recommended by the
continuously as a semi-weekly newspaper in the City of ADOPT PROPOSED Lewis County Prosecuting The draft ordinance is
ORDINANCE ADDING Attorney's Office and the available on line at the
Centralia,and in said County and State,and of NEW SECTION TO Lewis County Sheriffs Of- Lewis County website at
general circulation in said county for more than six (6) LEWIS COUNTY fice. The proposed section http://lewiscountywa.gov
CODE TITLE 10 LCC 13.36.010(A) imple- -Hard copies are available
months prior to the date of the first publication of the
ments the authority gran- for review at the Lewis
RELATING TO
Notice hereto attached, and that the said Chronicle was UNMARKED fed by the Legislature County g
y to Prosecutin Attor-
on the 7th day of July 1941,approved as a legal COUNTY VEHICLES the Board of County Com- ney's Office at 345 West
missioners to adopt excep- Main Street, 2nd Floor,
newspaper by the Superior Court of said Lewis tions to the general re- Chehalis,WA 98532.
Count NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- quirement in RCW For questions regarding
y. EN that the LEWIS 46.08.065 that the county the above, please contact
And that the attached is a true copy and was published COUNTY BOARD OF mark vehicles used or Glenn Carter, Chief Civil
COUNTY hold a PION- authorizes ropos exceptions se ti to
operated by the county.
in regular issues (and not in supplement orm of ERS, will hold a public Prosecuting Attorney, at'
said newspaper as Legal# 0 / ! hearing on Monday,April 360-740-2767.
6, at 10:00 a.m. in the marking requirements in
Hearing Room of the accordance with RCW This meeting site is barrier free.
Once each �� for a period of Board of County Corn- 46.08.065 .066. Specifi- People needing special
4 .0 missioners in the Lewis cally, under the proposal, assistance or accommoda
County Historical Court unmarked sheriff's vehicles tions should contact The
�{iye House at 351 NW North may be used for general Commissioners' Office 72
Street, Chehalis, WA undercover or confidential hours in
98532, to receive public investigative purposes and advance of the meeting.
Comore frig on the testimony regarding a pro- traffic control purposes in Phone:(360)740-1120
I '9 posal to add a section to addition to the existing
L ___ Title 10 of the Lewis statutory authorization to PUBLISH:Chronicle:
day Of ,2015 County Code specifying use such vehicles for spe March 17,2015
exceptions to the general cial undercover or confi East County
requirement in state law to dential investigative purpo Journal:March 18,2015
and min on the mark vehicles operated by ses. Under the proposal, L#81995 March 17,2015
local government agencies ublished in The Chronicle
I other unmarked county ve-
hicles on public highways or used may be used for law
day of , and both by local government agen- enforcement purposes and i
dated inclusive,and that such newspaper waS ties in the conduct of confidential public health
public business. work, public assistance
regularly distributed to its subscribers during all At the hearing,members of fraud or support investiga-
of said eriod.That the full amount of the fee the public will be invited to
p speak and/or provide writ- der the prop al,Further, le un-
charged for the foregoing publication is the sum of ten statements regarding der the proposal, vehicles
/�/� the proposed Ordinance leased by the county on a
vV 1257. After the public casual basis for period of
$ testimony portion of the less than ninety days will
hearing has ended, the not need to be marked.
i � The proposed section LCC
� � Commissioners will delib-
erate and consider pro- 10.36.010(B) reserves to
/
posed Ordinance 1257 the Board of County Com-
along with the public testi- missioners the right to
Subscribed and sworn to me this mony. Proposed Ordi- determine whether county
Hance 1257 may then be vehicles are used for our
t,, -1 ObiWu,/ poses listed in the excep-
ktay of i' t 2 15 00� ,, tions enacted in LCC
'a a° NE 8 ie 10.36.010.
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�;o� ``s:--® encouraged to attend.Writ-
Q. NOTARY •tt1® ten comments may be
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residing at : ** ® the hearing by mail or at
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