Commissioners approve Chinook Enterprises contracts; Commissioner Browning recuses from votes
March 09, 2026 | Skagit County, Washington
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Skagit County commissioners on March 9 approved two miscellaneous items involving Chinook Enterprises while recording a recusal by Commissioner Browning, who said he serves on Chinook's board.
Chair introduced the items and said Commissioner Browning would need to recuse because of his board membership at Chinook Enterprises. Item 1 is a public-health personal services agreement with Chinook to provide individualized employment, group supportive employment and community-inclusive services for eligible individuals with developmental disabilities; the chair stated compensation for that agreement should not exceed 750,000 and the agreement is ratified to run from Jan. 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026.
Item 2 is Amendment No. 1 to vendor service agreement C20250246 with Chinook Enterprises to provide landscape maintenance services at the Conway Roundabout, south of the Meridian Solid Waste transfer station in Mount Vernon. The amendment extends the agreement term to Dec. 31, 2026, increases compensation by $52,552.60, and sets total compensation not to exceed $105,105.20. “All our terms and conditions of the original agreement shall be and remain in effect,” the chair said when describing the amendment.
Commissioner Browning explained the funding flow for the first item, saying the county receives developmental-disabilities funding and distributes it to Chinook and other agencies, and acknowledged his board role and inability to vote on the matter: “...the county's always been the developmental disabilities funding, we receive the developmental disabilities funding, and then we distribute them, so we give, get the money and then we distribute it to Chinook Enterprises and other agencies,” he said, adding he could not vote on the item.
Commissioner Burns moved to approve miscellaneous agenda items 1 and 2; the board recorded one recusal and the motion passed.
The board noted the items were ratified and the meeting proceeded to a scheduled 1:30 p.m. work session with the Department of Emergency Management.
Chair introduced the items and said Commissioner Browning would need to recuse because of his board membership at Chinook Enterprises. Item 1 is a public-health personal services agreement with Chinook to provide individualized employment, group supportive employment and community-inclusive services for eligible individuals with developmental disabilities; the chair stated compensation for that agreement should not exceed 750,000 and the agreement is ratified to run from Jan. 1, 2026, through June 30, 2026.
Item 2 is Amendment No. 1 to vendor service agreement C20250246 with Chinook Enterprises to provide landscape maintenance services at the Conway Roundabout, south of the Meridian Solid Waste transfer station in Mount Vernon. The amendment extends the agreement term to Dec. 31, 2026, increases compensation by $52,552.60, and sets total compensation not to exceed $105,105.20. “All our terms and conditions of the original agreement shall be and remain in effect,” the chair said when describing the amendment.
Commissioner Browning explained the funding flow for the first item, saying the county receives developmental-disabilities funding and distributes it to Chinook and other agencies, and acknowledged his board role and inability to vote on the matter: “...the county's always been the developmental disabilities funding, we receive the developmental disabilities funding, and then we distribute them, so we give, get the money and then we distribute it to Chinook Enterprises and other agencies,” he said, adding he could not vote on the item.
Commissioner Burns moved to approve miscellaneous agenda items 1 and 2; the board recorded one recusal and the motion passed.
The board noted the items were ratified and the meeting proceeded to a scheduled 1:30 p.m. work session with the Department of Emergency Management.
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