Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: BOCC - Board of County Commissioners

Directors' Update: Feb. 21, 2024

Business Meeting: Feb. 27, 2024

Summary:

Notice of Hearing regarding Ordinance 1354, which would add Chapter 8.80 Lewis County Code to regulate Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchanges operating in Lewis County and make violation of the Chapter a civil infraction or a misdemeanor.  The hearing will be March 19, 2024.

Publications: Feb. 27 and 29, 2024

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To:

Resolution

WHEREAS, Lewis County would like to establish regulations for Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchanges operating in Lewis County; and

WHEREAS, the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will hold a public hearing to consider and take public testimony regarding proposed Ordinance 1354, which would add Chapter 8.80 Lewis County Code to regulate Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchanges operating in Lewis County and make violations of the chapter a civil infraction or a misdemeanor; and

WHEREAS, the hearing will be held at or after 10 a.m. March 19, 2024, in the Commissioners' Hearing Room on the second floor of the Historic Courthouse at 351 N.W. North Street in Chehalis.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the BOCC will hold a public hearing in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room in the Historic Courthouse at 351 NW North Street in Chehalis at or after 10 a.m. March 19, 2024, to consider and take public testimony about proposed Ordinance 1354, which would establish regulations for Sterile Needle and Syringe Exchanges operating in Lewis County and make violation of the chapter a civil infraction or a misdemeanor; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the Board is hereby instructed to proceed with all appropriate and necessary notifications, postings and publications as required by law.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 27th day of February, 2024.