Regular Public Meeting Agenda 10/31/23

Arne Mortensen, Commissioner District 1 Dennis Weber, Commissioner District 2 Richard R. Dahl, Commissioner District 3 Kelly Dombrowsky, Clerk of the Board v

Regular Public Meeting October 31, 2023, 9:00 a.m.

Board Meeting Convenes at 9:00 a.m.  Pledge of Allegiance Live KLTV ZOOM  Minutes of October 23-25, 2023 Stream Link Link  Consent Agenda of October 31, 2023 Phone Option: (253) 215-8782  Call for Hearing Webinar ID: 820 1961 3917  Call for Bids www.kltv.org  Motion Items  Board of Health – 10:00 a.m.  Public Comments o Citizen Participation may be anonymous. See RCW 42.30.040

Consent Agenda Call for Hearings 1. Call for Public Hearing to repeal and replace the Floodplain Management Ordinance scheduled for November 21, 2023, at 9:45 a.m.

2. Call for Public Hearing to amend the 2023 Budget scheduled for December 12, 2023, at 9:30 a.m.

Call for Bids 3. Call for Bids for the payment of royalties to Cowlitz County in return for removal of Mt. St. Helen’s ash and dredged sand material from County-owned property located at 240 Cook Ferry Road scheduled for November 28, 2023, at 11:00 a.m.

Agreements/Contracts/Bid Awards 4. Agreement with Silver Lake Grange to assist with their expenses and revenue loss during the COVID-19 impact. The total amount is $15,186.

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Regular Public Meeting October 31, 2023, 9:00 a.m.

Board Correspondence 5. Letters/Notices a. Letter dated 10/18/2023 from City of Castle Rock Mayor regarding Mental Health Tax. b. Letter dated 10/12/2023 from the City of Longview regarding the Mental Health Tax. c. Letter dated 10/19/2023 from the City of Kelso regarding the Mental Health Tax. Vouchers Fund Claims Claims Claims Claims Special Purpose District No. 1 Special Purpose District No. 1 Payroll Payroll Total

Voucher Numbers 1000014743-1000014766 1000050703-1000050710 1000014664-1000014742 1000050600-1000050702 5000002189-5000002206 5000016736-5000016821 264858-265381 162773-162779

Amount $ 725,707.03 44,939.45 609,518.45 270,876.28 562,738.26 92,665.31 1,141,506.79 43,130.28 $ 3,491,081.85

Motion Items Health & Human Services 6. Contract # 23-024 with Progress Center to provide funding for the delivery of child development services to children from birth to 3 years of age. The total amount will not exceed $126,940.00 during the period 7/01/2023 through 6/30/2024. Funding is passed through from the contract with the DSHS Development Disabilities Administration for Development Disability Program.

7. Contract # 23-025 with Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region to provide the delivery of developmental disability employment services. The total shall not exceed $54,000.00 during the period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Funding is passed through from the contract with the DSHS Developmental Disabilities Administration for Development Disability Program.

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Regular Public Meeting October 31, 2023, 9:00 a.m.

Timed Items Board of Health Agenda   

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10:00 a.m. - Call Meeting to Order Old / Unfinished Business o Review Minutes New Business o RFQ Update o Medical Freedom Resolution o Change of date for November meeting o Agenda Items for next BOH meeting Public Comment Period o Citizen Participation may be anonymous. See RCW 42.30.040 Executive Session (as needed) Adjourn Meeting

Updates Chairman Updates Upcoming Events:   

October 31 @ 1:30 p.m. – Budget Workshop (Road Levies & General Fund Levy) November 7 @ 1:30 p.m. - Planning Commission Discussion November 8 @ 5:30 p.m. – Family Promise of Cowlitz County

Postponed Items  

Building & Planning o Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan Health & Human Services o WA State Dept of Social and Health Services – Developmental Disability School to Work Program for individuals, ages 20-21.

Citizen Comments – Citizen participation may be anonymous. See RCW 42.30.040

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Regular Public Meeting October 31, 2023, 9:00 a.m.

RCW 42.30.040 - Conditions of attendance not to be required. A member of the public shall not be required, as a condition to attendance at a meeting of a governing body, to register his or her name and other information, to complete a questionnaire, or otherwise to fulfill any condition precedent to his or her attendance. People may remain anonymous when logging on to Zoom by creating any name and email of their choosing. In a meeting, public comment will be received, either or both, orally (raise hand in Zoom or use *9 on phone) and by writing.

Note: Written comments may be sent to the Board at any time. For oral presentations, the Board may set a time for comments and speakers.

All matters listed with the Consent Agenda were previously distributed to each Board Member for reading and study, were available for public viewing, are considered items of regular County business, and will be approved, without separate discussion, by one motion of the Board of County Commissioners. An item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda for separate discussion and voting at the request of any Board Member.

The Board of Commissioners may add and take action on other items not listed on this Agenda.   

Agenda Online Address: https://www.co.cowlitz.wa.us/535/Agendas---Regular-Public-Meetings ZOOM Invitation Address (for all meeting days): o https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82019613917 KLTV Live Feed Address: http://www.kltv.org

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BEFORE THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON MEDICAL FREEDOM RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE RIGHT TO PERSONAL CHOICE REGARDING THE USE OF MASKS AND VACCINES DURING DISEASE OUTBREAKS

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WHEREAS, WA State Law RCW 70.05.060 establishes the responsibility to supervise the preservation of the lives and health of people in COWLITZ county through the Cowlitz County Board of Health (B.O.H.); and WHEREAS, the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners has previously passed Resolution #21-005 of January 12th, 2021 which was both uncontested and unanimous recognizing that citizens can make responsible decisions that don’t need mandates; and WHEREAS the four principles of medical ethics, being 1) respect for bodily autonomy, 2) beneficence, 3) nonmaleficence (do no harm), and 4) justice, and the tenets of informed consent are imperative in the practice of medicine and health care, and WHEREAS, lock-downs, quarantines and mandates have proven harmful to children’s mental health and education, while at the same time the infection fatality rate for COVID-19 was and is less than 1% in adults, and a fraction of that in children, and total death counts in the U.S. remained steady before, during, and after all phases of the ‘pandemic’, with ‘COVID deaths’ skyrocketing even while influenza deaths completely disappeared from statistical data; and WHEREAS, there is NO Constitutional authority to restrict individual unalienable human rights that are given to us by God and are protected in the 9th and 10th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and Article 1, Section 1 of the Washington State Constitution; and WHEREAS, and any prohibition on peaceful assembly is in direct violation of RCW 43.06.220 Section 2(g), which specifically does not permit the suspension of first amendment rights even under a declaration of emergency; and WHEREAS, there is no conclusive medical evidence that such mandates produced a demonstrable decrease in disease; and WHEREAS, Cowlitz County and the state of Washington suffered immeasurable economic and societal harms as a result of Governor’s proclamations that have been pursued in a non-uniform, unequal and arbitrary manner along with unconstitutional mandates, restrictions and forced business closures have led to the destruction of commerce, jobs and livelihoods; and WHEREAS, citizens have personal and practical recourse to choose their own guidelines to mitigate their personal risk of contagion with viruses, diseases or illnesses; and WHEREAS, the children of state residents were denied access to appropriate education, for which taxes continue to be paid; and WHEREAS, State and Federal mandates irreparably harmed millions of our precious Senior Citizens by the unnecessary use of lockdowns, restrictions and mask rules that isolated them from normal social interactions, basic caregiver access, and from their family and loved ones, causing a dramatic worsening of loneliness, stress, anxiety, and depression, increasing the risk for dementia and of death from all causes; and

CCBOH MEDICAL FREEDOM RESOLUTION

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WHEREAS, citizens have expressed that constitutional rights were violated through discrimination based on medical and vaccine status at the same time that federal and state health agencies failed to be transparent, forthright, and consistent in protecting medical freedom of the people of Cowlitz County; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Cowlitz County Board of Health that: 1.

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Coercion and undue influence shall not be used to compel any individual to use a medical intervention.

Cowlitz County shall not force any individual person to put something ‘onto’ or ‘into’ an individual’s body without informed consent of said individual and respect their right of refusal.

That the inalienable right to medical, religious, and conscientious exemption from any medical intervention requirement shall be considered.

That reasonable accommodation to the use of an exemption to a required medical intervention shall respect the full body of science regarding the intervention declined, the medical condition the intervention is meant to prevent, and naturally acquired protection.

That any Public Health Emergency of International Concern (P.H.E.I.C) shall not be unilaterally imposed on our county.

Cowlitz County hereby affirms the right of its citizens to make personal choices regarding the use of masks and face coverings and vaccines, acknowledging the individuals’ autonomous right to make health decisions based on their personal beliefs, circumstances, and discernment.

This resolution shall take effect immediately.

PASSED IN OPEN SESSION THIS ___ day of __________, 2023 _____________________________ Kelly Lane, Chairman _____________________________ Dennis P. Weber, Member _____________________________ Richard R. Dahl, Member _____________________________ Arne Mortensen, Member _____________________________ Mary Jane Melink, Member _____________________________ Lindy Campbell, Member _____________________________ Alyssa Fine, Member ATTEST: __________________________ Clerk of the Board

CCBOH MEDICAL FREEDOM RESOLUTION

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