Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: BOCC - Board of County Commissioners

Directors' Update: Jan. 21, 2026

Business Meeting: Jan. 27, 2026

Summary:

Notice of Hearing regarding Ordinance 1372, which would repeal Ordinance 1354 and remove from Lewis County Code Chapter 8.80, which regulated sterile needle and syringe exchanges operating in Lewis County and made violation of the chapter a civil infraction or a misdemeanor.  The hearing will be Feb. 10, 2026.

Publications: Jan. 27, 2026

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Resolution

WHEREAS, Lewis County established regulations for sterile needle and syringe exchanges operating in Lewis County via Ordinance 1354, which the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved on April 16, 2024; and

WHEREAS, the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) will hold a public hearing to consider and take public testimony regarding proposed Ordinance 1372, which would repeal Ordinance 1354 and remove from Lewis County Code Chapter 8.80, which regulated sterile needle and syringe exchanges operating in Lewis County and made violations of the chapter a civil infraction or a misdemeanor; and

WHEREAS, the hearing will be held at or after 10 a.m. Feb. 10, 2026, 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. Feb. 10, 2026, to consider and take public testimony about proposed Ordinance 1372, which would repeal Ordinance 1354 and remove regulations for sterile needle and syringe exchanges operating in Lewis County; 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 January, 2026.