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07.15.2024 Mon AM BOCC
Meeting Highlights:
Pete Palmer, Planning Director explains the history of how a meat packing plant in the county came to require a conditional use permit.
Arturo Ramon Ramirez, Probation Officer, and Darla Schreckengast, District Court Administrator discuss the possibility of charging the county’s municipalities for probation services, just as they charge the municipalities for jail and prosecution services. Many counties in western Washington already do this.
Pete Palmer returns to discuss ten parcels which are out of compliance with shoreline and floodplain regulations. The Department of Ecology wants them brought into compliance or it will refer the matter to FEMA, possibly making it harder for county residents to get flood insurance. They also discuss Ecology’s proposed revisions to the County Code.
Commissioners adjourn for lunch at 12:27.