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Cowlitz County officials review commissioners’ office and related budget lines; state law still requires newspaper notices
Summary
Clerk Kelly Grayson presented proposed 2026–27 budgets for the commissioners’ office and several small departments, outlining line-item reductions and increases and noting state law (RCW) still requires legal notices be published in the local newspaper (TDN).
Kelly Grayson, clerk of the board, presented the Cowlitz County commissioners’ office budget and related department lines at a Tuesday afternoon budget review, saying staff identified cuts and modest increases while preparing figures for the county’s 2026–27 budget cycle.
Grayson said the office reduced several travel and training lines — lowering meals and lodging to $10,000, cutting airfare from $9,000 to $5,000 and cutting tuition and registration to $3,000 — and trimmed the mileage reimbursement line to $1,000. She also noted some increases: phone service rose after the public records centralization added a fifth county phone, and dues and…
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