The Island County commissioners on Monday approved a $10,500 contract with North Sound Mental Health to provide transition services for 30 days post-release to those newly freed from Island County Jail.

The goal is to reduce recidivism, the commissioners said. The contract extends through March 2016.

The board also set 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 for public hearings on two matters — a proposed permanent ordinance on applying critical-area protections to land zoned “rural,” and changes to the county’s Shoreline Master Program proposed or required by the state’s Department of Ecology. Both hearings are in the commissioners’ hearing room, located downstairs in the Courthouse Annex Building, Room B102, at 1 N.E. 6th St., Coupeville.