Wayne Nichols elected Chair; Medicare B and medical bills approved
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The LEOFF-1 Disability Board met on February 25, 2026 at City Hall (Small Conference Room). Clerk Tiffany Ostreim called the meeting to order at 8:32 a.m.; Chair Nichols adjourned at 9:00 a.m. Present were Don Barnd, Jim Morkert, Chet Makinster and Wayne Nichols; Chris Bryant was absent. The board unanimously elected Wayne Nichols as Chair for February 2026–March 2027, tabled the Vice Chair election until March, approved the January 28, 2026 minutes, and unanimously approved February 2026 Medicare B and February/updated January 2026 medical bills as reasonable and medically necessary. The next regular meeting is scheduled for March 25, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.
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- Elected Wayne Nichols as Chair for the period February 2026–March 2027 (unanimous).
- Election of Vice Chairperson was tabled until the March regular meeting.
- Approved minutes of the January 28, 2026 regular meeting (motion carried unanimously).
- Approved February 2026 Medicare B reimbursement totaling $10,353.50 (unanimous).
- Approved February 2026 medical bills (regular) totaling $21,455.38 (unanimous).
- Approved updated January 2026 medical bills (regular) totaling $16,007.94 (unanimous).
- Next meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.
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LEOFF-1 Disability Board
Agenda
- 1 CALL TO ORDER
- 2 ROLL CALL
- 3 CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
- 4 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 5 NEW BUSINESS
- 26-00152 Annual Election of Chairperson and Vice Chairperson per Rule 1 - General, Section 9 - Officersattachments=1 | reports=1Decision: NEW BUSINESS
- 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
- 26-0076 January 28, 2026 Regular Meetingattachments=1 | reports=1Decision: APPROVAL OF MINUTES
- 7 MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS
- 8 APPROVAL OF BILLS
- 26-0077 February 2026 Medicare B Reimbursement - Total $10,353.50attachments=1 | reports=1Decision: APPROVAL OF BILLS
- 26-0078 February 2026 Medical Bills (Regular) - Total $21,455.38attachments=1 | reports=1Decision: APPROVAL OF BILLS
- 26-0099 January 2026 Medical Bills (Regular) Updated - Total $16,007.94attachments=1 | reports=1Decision: APPROVAL OF BILLS
- 9 ADJOURNMENT
Documents from this meeting
- Minuteshttps://longviewwa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=8383,plainText=false)
- Agendahttps://longviewwa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=8364,plainText=false)
- Packethttps://longviewwa.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=8368,plainText=false)
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