2014-06-16 Board Meeting Minutes1
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
June 16, 2014
The Board of County Commissioners for Lewis County, Washington, met in regular
session on Monday, June 16, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. Commissioners F. Lee Grose,
Edna J. Fund, and P.W. “Bill” Schulte were in attendance. Chairman Grose
determined a quorum, called the meeting to order and proceeded with the flag salute.
Commissioner Fund moved to approve the minutes from the 10:00 a.m. meeting held
on Monday, June 9, 2014. Commissioner Schulte seconded the motion.
Motion Carried 3-0
PUBLIC COMMENT
Ron Averill, Centralia, Lewis County representative on the Governing Board of the
Timberland Regional Support Network, reported a 40% to 50% increase in the number
of patients and have been dealing with DSHS to get additional funding in order to
provide better care. Cowlitz and Grays Harbor Counties may join us in forming our own
region; our Regional Support Area would be predominantly rural counties.
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
Chairman Grose recognized William Teitzel and Holly Spanski for becoming Certified
Public Officials.
NOTICE
Commissioner Schulte made a motion to approve the Notice Agenda item one.
Commissioner Fund seconded the motion.
1. Notice of Hearing: Regarding the 2nd 2014 Budget Amendment. Hearing will
be held on Monday, June 30, 2014 on or after 10:00 am. Resolution No. 14-181
Becky Sisson, Budget Office, stated this is a notice of public hearing for the 2nd 2014
budget amendment for Current Expense and various funds. NOH will be published in
the east county journal on June 18th and 25th. The hearing will be on June 30, 2014.
Increasing expenditures in the amount of $2,888,288, increasing revenue in the amount
of $1,399,755 and use of fund balance of $1,488,533.
Motion Carried 3-0
CONSENT
Commissioner Fund made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda items two
through five. Commissioner Schulte seconded the motion.
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2. Resolution No. 14-182 Approval of warrants for payment.
Chairman Grose stated this Resolution approves 181 regular warrants for a total
payment against the County in the amount of $235,745.56.
3. Resolution No. 14-183 appointing a member and reappointing members to the
Chehalis River Basin Flood Control Zone District Advisory Committee.
Commissioner Fund stated we have three individuals that we are appointing to the
Chehalis River Basin Flood Control Zone District Advisory Committee. Dave Muller is
filling a vacant position on the committee and Julie Balmelli-Powe and Steve Koreis with
term ending March 2014.
4. Resolution No. 14-184 Bid award for the Bishop Road Improvement Project.
Tim Elsea, Director of Public Works, stated a Call for Bids was made on May 12,
2014. The project was advertised for three consecutive weeks in the East County
Journal and the Daily Journals of Commerce (Seattle and Portland). The project was
also listed on Lewis County's website. Public Works received three responsive bids for
this project on June 3, 2014. Lakeside Industries, Inc. provided the lowest responsive
bid of $1,068,999.00. The Engineer's Estimate for this project was $1,003,394.08. The
lowest responsive bid is above the Engineer's Estimate by less than 7%. Public Works
staff recommends acceptance of the low bid provided by Lakeside Industries, Inc.
5. Resolution N0. 14-185 Approving Contract Amendment #9 to Program
Agreement #1163-27316 between the Division of Behavioral Health and
Recovery and Lewis County.
April Kelley, Social Services, stated this Resolution approves contract Amendment #9
to Program Agreement #1163-27316 between the Division of Behavioral Health and
Recovery and Lewis County. The Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA)
contracts with County governments to coordinate, subcontract, and monitor treatment
and prevention programs at the local level. These funds are then contracted with local
treatment agencies to provide the services directly. This contract amendment will
increase funding to a previous contract period to cover over expenditures. The Period of
this contract is from July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2015 for services that were performed in
the 2011-2013 biennium. The amendment start date is July 1, 2013 and will increase
the contract by $30,000.00 to total a maximum program agreement amount of
$2,802,216.00
Motion carried 3-0
Item 6 has been pulled from the Agenda
Resolution No. 14-186 Approving a contract with the Lewis County Shelter
Program for the Transitional Housing Program.
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Hearing
Hearing: Traffic Ordinance 216-Tennessee Road and Shorey Road
Chairman Grose announced the hearing and asked for a staff report.
Tim Elsea, Director of Public Works, stated this hearing is for a Traffic Ordinance
lowering the maximum speed limit on Tennessee Road and a portion of Shorey Road in
Lewis County from 50 mph to 40 mph. RCW 46.61.415 gives local authorities the
authority to lower the maximum speed limits. We received requests to lower speed
limits often. We do an investigation that includes traffic count and a speed study. Erik
Martin has conducted a traffic engineering study on both of the road ways.
Erik Martin, Public Works, stated the portion of Shorey Rd we are considering is from
mile post 1.582 to Hwy 603. The northern portion of Shorey Road is already at 35 miles
per hour. This was initiated by citizen comments and we have been studying the Road
for a while now and the conclusion was that 40 mph is the prudent speed. Due to the
number of accidents and the nature of the road we felt that 40 mph was a good speed
for the portion of the road. There have been 12 injury accident and 18 property damage
accident over the past ten year on that part of Shorey road. Tennessee Road was
initiated by citizen comments and we have also been looking at Tennessee Road for a
while now. This change would affect the entire length of Tennessee Road, Pleasant
Valley Road on the north end and the Winlock City limits on the south end. We did
utilize a web based applications called US limits. This road was over a critical limit for
accidents.
Commissioner Grose asked if there were any questions. There were none. He closed
the question and answer portion of the hearing and opened the formal hearing.
Tim Elsea and Erik Martin asked that their previous comments be adopted into the
record.
Commissioner Grose asked if anyone else would like to testify. There was none. He
closed the hearing and asked for a motion.
Commissioner Schulte moved to approve Traffic Ordinance No. 216. Commissioner
Fund seconded the motion.
Traffic Ordinance No. 216 An Ordinance Fixing the Maximum Speed at which
Vehicles May be Operated over Shorey and Tennessee Roads in Lewis County,
Washington; Defining Offenses and Providing Penalties for the Violations
Thereof.
Motion Carried 3-0
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There being no further business, the Commissioners’ public meeting adjourned at 10:23
am on June 16, 2014. The next public meeting will be held Monday, June 23, 2014.
Please note that minutes from the Board of County Commissioners’ meetings are not
verbatim. A recording of the meeting may be purchased at the Commissioners’ office.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
LEWIS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
ATTEST: F. Lee Grose, Chairman
Karri Muir, CMC, Clerk of the Board Edna J. Fund, Commissioner
Lewis County Commissioners
P.W. Schulte, Commissioner