PRESENTATION(S)
There are no Presentations scheduled.

NOTICE ITEM(S)
Resolution 23-335:	Notice of hearings and an informational meeting regarding the Lewis County preliminary budget for 2024. An informational meeting on the budget will be held at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 21, 2023, and hearings to adopt the 2024 budget and fix the amount of the levies upon property in the county for 2024 will take place at or after 11 a.m. Dec. 4, 2023. The meetings will take place in the Commissioners' Hearing Room on the second floor of the Historic Courthouse.
Resolution 23-334:	Notice of hearing regarding Lewis County 2023 budget emergency and supplemental appropriations to and transfers within current expense and various funds. The hearing will take place in the Commissioners' Hearing Room at or after 10 a.m. Nov. 7, 2023. (Please note the hearing date has been changed to Nov. 7.)

CONSENT ITEM(S)
Resolution 23-336:	Approval of warrants / payroll.
	Approval of minutes from the Oct. 10, 2023, Business Meeting.

DELIBERATION ITEM(S)
Resolution 23-340:	Approve a Local Agency Agreement and Federal Aid Project Prospectus between Lewis County and Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for the 2023 County Safety Program – County Road Project (CRP) 2205.
Resolution 23-337:	Approve a grant agreement between the Washington State Department of Commerce and Lewis County Department of Community Development for the Periodic Update Grant in the amount of $350,000.
Resolution 23-338:	Accept $250,000 ARPA grant from the City of Centralia for water systems upgrades at the Southwest Washington (SWW) Fairgrounds.

HEARING(S)
Ordinance 1349:	Prohibit interference with a firefighter or emergency responder and make a violation thereof a gross misdemeanor.

Announcements
New business
Calendars (please note there will be no Business Meeting on Oct. 31)
Press conference
Adjournment

The public is invited to attend any Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting in person. Select meetings -- including the Wrap-Up, Directors’ Update, Business Meeting and Mayors’ Meetings -- also are available via Zoom. Following are the Zoom codes for this meeting:

ONLINE: Go to https://zoom.us/j/92770578873. The passcode is 085336.
BY PHONE: Call 888-475-4499. The meeting ID is 927 7057 8873, and the passcode is 085336.