At the Jan. 28 public comment period, members of the public addressed the Skagit County Board of Commissioners on immigration enforcement and a shoreline-restoration proposal.

Rebecca Peck of Bow urged the commissioners to issue a statement opposing local-law-enforcement assistance to federal immigration enforcement efforts. Peck said the county's economy relies on agriculture and that roughly one in five residents is Hispanic. "We are a county of a 131,000 people, 19.7% of which are Hispanic," she said, and added that families and farm labor could be harmed if local law enforcement assisted federal agents.

Chair Janicki acknowledged the comment and noted the sheriff is an elected official; commissioners nevertheless control portions of the sheriff's budget. No formal board action or direction was taken during the meeting. Commissioners reminded speakers that public comment does not itself change law or policy and that further action would require separate deliberation or requests through the appropriate channels.

Loretta (identified in the record as Lori Humble/Tweedy of Lake Cavanaugh) began a brief presentation about NorthShore shoreline restoration and said she will provide additional parts of her submission at a future meeting. She referred to a past March 15, 2022 special meeting presentation by a private company (RediRock) and said she would email the commissioners the original quote and a hard copy if weather permits.

The board did not take action on the items raised during public comment. The public-comment period was followed by routine commissioner remarks and adjournment.