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Washington County Commissioner Jason Snyder discusses library, public safety levies and regional housing with Sherwood council
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Washington County Commissioner Jason Snyder met with the Sherwood City Council on April 15 to hear local concerns and outline county budget pressures, a possible county public safety levy, library levy modeling and regional housing and homelessness challenges.
Washington County Commissioner Jason Snyder met with the Sherwood City Council at a work session on April 15 for an open discussion about county budget pressures, a potential public safety levy, the library levy process and regional housing and homelessness coordination.
Snyder said the meeting was intended as an "open, rounding session" for him to hear city concerns, explain county constraints and identify areas where the county can partner with cities. He warned elected officials that the county faces a major near‑term budget gap: "our revenue is going down," Snyder said, and he identified the expiration of Intel‑related Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) arrangements as producing roughly a $20,000,000 annual general fund shortfall in the current budget cycle.
Library levy and WCCLS: Councilors pressed Snyder about the upcoming Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) levy planning. Snyder said consultants modeling the…
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