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By Marissa;
man‘@masoncounty. com
The City of Shelton, in partnership with Central
Mason Fire & EMS, and CMFE Fire Marshal Keith
Reitz, will create fire inspection permits using En—
erGov, an online permitting portal, beginning Feb.
21.
According to a news release, Shelton will send
invoices to business and commercial property own-
ers identified on an inspection schedule, which
COUNTY BRIEFS
Sheriff purchases
pistol upgrades
County commissioners approved
the Mason County Sheriffs Office pur—
chase of new pistol systems from Or-
egon Rifleworks, LLC.
According to the information pack-
et, money 'was requested for the up-
grades in 2022 with American Rescue
Plan Act money, but it was declined.
County commissioners approved the
project in the Sheriff’s Office 2023
budget.
The amount funded was $90,928,
and Oregon Rifleworks provided the
best quote at $96,321.96 with tax. The
budget effect to the county is $5,394.
A budget transfer from the wage and
benefit side of the budget will be trans-
ferred to the operational side.
The Sheriffs Office was also ap-
proved for a training grant from the
Washington Association of Sheriffs &
Police Chiefs.
According to the information pack-
et, training funding was identified
by a state agency as part of the po-
lice reform laws. MCSO was awarded
$24,616.78.
Public Works
purchases plow
Mason County Public Works was
approved to purchase a Ford F-550
with a plow and salt spreader by
county commissioners at the Feb. 7
meeting.
According to the information pack-
et, Public Works budgeted for four new
F550 Crew Cab four-wheel-drive cars
with plows and salt Spreaders, but
they were unavailable last year. The
county was notified that one was re-
served for the .county to purchase off
the state contract this year.
The cost is $122,050.83. The car
comes with a snow plow, back up cam-
era and can handle bulk salting jobs
with the SaltDogg PR02500 electric
poly hopper spreader. The vehicle
comes with a two-year warranty.
includes about 120 businesses per quarter. Busi-
nesses identified as “business offices” need to be
inspected every three years, and other businesses
will be inspected annually. Invoices willxbe $100
per inspection with properties over 5,000 square
feet paying more.
DeLeva appointed to
Lodging committee
John DeLeva was appointed as a
generator to the Mason County Lodg-
ing Tax Advisory Committee by Mason
County commissioners.
According‘to the information pack-
et, the lodging tax advisory committee
shall consist of at least five members
appointed by commissioners. Two will
represent businesses and collect lodg—
ing tax money, two are people involved
in activities authorized to be funded
by lodging tax revenue, one county
commissioner.
Easement betWeen
county, U.S. Navy
County commissioners approved
the chair to sign an easement agree—
ment with the US. Navy to allow the
installation, operation, maintenance,
repair and replacement of a section of
sewer main.
According to the information pack-
et, the county is extending a sewer
trunk line to the Belfair urban growth
area north of the Shelton-Bremerton-
Bangor Naval Railroad. This exten-
sion requires crossing under the U.S.
Navy Railroad right of way. The ap-
plication has been filed, plans submit—
ted and approved, survey recoded, an
environmental condition assessment
and appraisal completed and payment
made for use of the easement for 50
years. The final step was the execution
of easement.
Two appointed
to agency on aging
Becky Cronquist and Cynthia Stang
were appointed to the Lewis-Mason-
Thurston Area Agency on Aging.
According to the information
packet, the agency on aging provides
home and community services for se—
niors and adults with disabilities to
help them remain in their homes.
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Once business and commercial building owners
have paid their invoices, a representative of the
Fire Marshal’s Office will complete an inspection
for the business or property. Code enforcement will
follow up With uninspected properties as needed.
Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 Shelton-Mason County Journal Page 7
Shelton, Central Mason join for fire inspections
Cronquist and Stang were appointed
for terms ending Dec. 31, 2025.
Treasurer refunds .
more than $300,000
Mason County commissioners ap—
proved county treasurer refunds of
more than $300,000 at the Feb. 7
meeting.
According to the information pack—
et, the Revised Code of Washington
states the county treasurer shall make
all refunds by the first Monday of Feb—
ruary each year, report it to the county
legislative authority and provide a list
of refunds made. ‘
According to the report, there were
221 refunds that totaled $319,780.83.
Senior exemptions were the most com—
mon refund with 141. There were 23
refunds due to manifest error, 22 re—
funds due to destroyed property and
10 refunds due to segregation.
The treasurer also had uncollect—
able personal property taxes canceled
at the meeting, which is also required
by the first day of February.
According to the information pack‘
et‘, a total of $3,472.17 were canceled.‘
Public hearing .
for Shelton UGA
A public hearing has been scheduled
for Feb. 28 to consider amendments to
Title 17 relating to the Shelton urban
growth area and Title 15 relating to
the hearing examiner authority.
AccOrding to the information pack-
et, the proposed amendments are re-
lated to the use of the City of Shelton’s
Planned Unit Development code when
a proposal requires city services such
as sewer or water within the Shelton
UGA.
The amendment will allow greater
residential densities and encourage
the development of housing. The plan—
ning advisory commissioner recom-
mended the amendments move for»
ward at the Jan. 23 meeting by a 4-1
vote.
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Pubficheafing
Shelton, according to the news release, is review-
ing the fee schedule to accurately reflect the costs of
providing essential municipal services. Fire inspec-
tions are required by the International Fire Code,
which is part of the Shelton Municipal Code.
The fire prevention and life safety inspection
process has been supported by the city’s general
fund, but it is not a sustainable practice as Shelton
continues to grow, according to the release. More
information about the move can be found at shel—
tonwagov or cmfe.org.
for correcting map
The public hearing for consider-
ation to correct the future land use
map and development areas for six
parcels of land is set for Feb. 28.
According to the information pack—
et, the community development'de—
partment discovered parcels of land
that are incorrectly mapped on the
county GIS layers. The parcels are
listed on spreadsheets and proofing
logs from the early 20005 with the‘cor—
. rect designation or‘zoning. Resource
lands and rural area designations in
Mason County were approved in 1995
and. mapped in June 2000.
To provide the most accurate infor-
mation, DCD has has brought the map
corrections to the planning advisory
commission and the county commis-
sioners for approval.
Pandemic recovery
moneyshared
Mason County commissioners. ap-
proved the interlocal agreement with
the City of Shelton to share money for
pandemic recovery and community re-
habilitation purposes.
According to the information pack-
et, the agreement document the assis— '
tance the city and county will provide
to Community Lifeline in the amount
of $54,789.84. Of the amount to Com—
, munity Lifeline, the City of Shelton
is donating $20,000 and the county is
donating $34,789.84 of American Res-
cue Plan Act money to open a 24/7 cold
weather shelter housing for up to 35
people.“ ‘ ,
The agreement documents the City
of Shelton making a one-time dona-
tion of Opioid Settlement money of
$19,852.84 to the Mason County De-
partment of Health and Human Ser—
vices for exclusive use of opiate addic-
tion and recovery services in Mason
County and Shelton.
I Compiled by reporter Matt Baide
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