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Spokane County veteran services to hold vacancy as reserves stay high
Summary
County veteran services staff told commissioners the department will not fill one veteran services officer position and is recommending accepting a small property-tax allocation this year after several years of high reserves.
Spokane County veteran services officials told the Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 6 that they plan to leave one veteran services officer position vacant and continue building reserves while maintaining service levels.
The veteran services presentation said the department has deliberately underspent in recent years — running actual expenditures roughly half of its budget — to grow reserves for future program expansion. The presenter said state law (Revised Code of Washington) allows a county to retain funds in the general fund if a veteran services unit’s reserves exceed the statutory formula threshold. The county did so in prior years;…
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