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Board adopts budget amendment to cover assigned-counsel shortfall after debate over unfunded state costs
Summary
After extended debate about an unfunded state mandate, the Washington County Board of Supervisors adopted a budget amendment to cover a shortfall in assigned-counsel funding, with county staff saying the county will cover the remaining cost after state reimbursement.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 126 to amend the budget for assigned-counsel services and cover a shortfall that county staff said will be paid from county fund balance.
Board members spent extended time debating the item, which several supervisors characterized as an unfunded state mandate. A county staff member told the board the $570,000 discussed would come out of county fund balance "after the state's reimbursement" and that the figure…
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