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We have a dedicated resource for CSS styling since we are working on a web application and are under tight deadlines. Me and 2 others are the main drivers behind this enterprise application. We simply ask that she complete the styling portions. Here's where I get flustered. She is constantly out of office (OOO), literally OOO 2 times a week and her list of reasons vary but most often revolve around spending time with her kids and/or volunteering. I can understand the first one, but volunteer work is usually taken up if you have no other responsibilities to prioritize.

The rest of the team literally just laughs every time she mentions she's going to be OOO, it's become that comical. I am not her boss but leadership is so far removed from this that she can and has flown under the radar for over 2 years. She is an actual employee Full-Time, meanwhile I am working weekends as a contractor to pick up her slack. She will sometimes call someone else a blocker because she doesn't understand programming logic and doesn't know how to style a particular portion because of a console error and we haven't fixed it for her yet.

The company just recently let go over 20 work visa developers because of incompetence, they were all contractors so it wasn't a complicated process. Letting go of a salaried employee I imagine is a harder process. If it were up to me she would have been gone a long time ago but its not my decision. What's the best course of action here? Personally it kills me inside seeing someone so incompetent getting paid close to or above 6 figures. I care about the company and I care about our project getting finished. Should I talk to her directly? Should I talk to her boss? I feel like something needs to be brought to light because she's been really good at doing the bare minimum for so long without any questions being raised.

You're looking at it as a problem instead of a good thing.

As a contractor she directly benefits you. If the staff were able to do everything, you'd be unemployed.

Log your hours, account for your time, cover your back, collect your money. The rest is none of your business.

If I may offer my perspective as a contractor:

"I'm not going to let my team look stupid because of pride."
"I don't even charge the overtime to be honest."

Jason, you need to log all your hours. This is not only so you get paid the money you deserve. You are actively doing a disservice to your coworkers and their managers by picking up the slack with unpaid overtime.

Why? Because managers tend to look at past performance to determine how much time and budget they are going to allow for certain tasks. If Task A takes you 10 hours to complete, but you only bill 5 hours, then management will think that Task A takes 5 hours to complete. Next time, when they give a coworker a similar task, they will demand that he finishes it in 5 hours. It might hurt his performance review if the coworker takes 10 hours to finish.

To come back to the topic of unpaid overtime, this is unacceptable in the contracting business. If you are the employee of a contractor business, you are robbing them of money. If you are a freelancer, you are hurting yourself. You are selling a product, and that product is your skill and time. Don't give it away for free.

It's great that you feel part of a team. I do too. But I know I am not an employee of the company. The employees might do unpaid overtime, but they get other benefits to make up for it, like healthcare, subsidized meals and a more secure workplace. You can be let go easily, and that's why you are paid the rate you are, and that's why you need to log your time honestly.

And the best thing is, by stopping to cover for her, her low performance will become visible. Because that's how low performers get by. Other employees, out of a misguided sense of responsibility, do their work. Don't do it.

What's the best course of action here?

The best course of action is to mind your own job and tasks.

You are not her manager as you mentioned, so it's not your role to play nor to take actions on her.

As long as this doesn't affect you tasks or productivity you should not escalate. If it does, consider politely addressing this to her, and if that doesn't work consider taking it to your (and her) manager.

Most of your post seems to revolve around things that don't really affect you. I would not focus on these points in the slightest and bringing them up will simply make you look petty.

The bit that IS relevant to you:

meanwhile I am working weekends as a contractor to pick up her slack

Surely as a contractor, you get to pick whether you work weekends or not? If you are worried about the project not meeting deadlines, talk to a supervisor. If nothing else, they probably don't want to be paying a contractor OT for work their own FT employees should be doing. Contractors are generally expensive compared to FT employees.

She is constantly out of office(OOO), literally OOO 2 times a week and
her list of reasons vary but most often revolve around spending time
with her kids and/or volunteering. I can understand the first one, but
volunteer work is usually taken up if you have no other
responsibilities to prioritize.

None of that is any of your business, nor do you have to understand it. Only she and her boss need to be in agreement as to when she must be in the office and when she can be out.

What's the best course of action here? Personally it kills me inside
seeing someone so incompetent getting paid close to or above 6
figures. I care about the company and I care about our project getting
finished. Should I talk to her directly? Should I talk to her boss?

You are focusing on the wrong problem.

Her being out of the office is not your problem. That is solely up to her boss to deal with. If you try to get in the middle of it, you'll likely just get yourself in trouble. Trust me when I say that foolish contractors who complain about full time employees tend to find their contracts ended abruptly. As you have seen, it's not a complicated process.

Instead, focus on your project getting finished. If something needs to be done by her on a day when she is not around, ask your boss how to get it done. He may tell you to wait until she returns, or send you to someone else. Either way, you'll have your answer.

It may kill you inside to see someone not up to your standards, but unless she is working for you, you'll simply need to learn to live with it or find a new contract where everyone measures up to the level you expect.