Information

Type: Deliberation

Department: BOCC - Board of County Commissioners

Directors' Update: Oct. 19, 2022

Business Meeting: Oct. 25, 2022

Summary:

Adopt Lewis County Encampment Removal and Cleanup Policy

Publications:

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Kevin McDowell

Resolution

WHEREAS, the public health and safety concerns related to encampments have generated citizen complaints and resulted in the unsanitary disposal of garbage and solid waste; and

WHEREAS, behaviors associated with encampments have resulted in a variety of problems that include, but are not limited to: uncontained fires; damage to trees, landscaping, public lands, and other natural areas; contaminated hypodermic needles left on the ground; and biohazards such as exposed human waste; and

WHEREAS, there are threats to the health and safety of the campers themselves and to the community; and

WHEREAS, the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) wishes to establish criteria and procedures for the cleanup and removal of encampments.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the BOCC hereby adopts, effective immediately, the Lewis County Encampment Removal and Cleanup Policy attached hereto as Exhibit A.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 25th day of October, 2022.