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Cowlitz County to seek consistent formula, ask cities to pay fairer share of district court costs
Summary
Finance director recommended basing city billings for district court on prior year operating costs (minus outside funding) and applying CPI adjustments; commissioners authorized staff to negotiate contract language with participating cities.
Kathy Funk Baxter, Cowlitz County finance director, told commissioners that the county’s intergovernmental contracts charging participating cities for district court services are inconsistent and out of date. She recommended a uniform, predictable allocation method based on the county’s operating costs from the prior year (less state and federal funding), divided by the prior year’s case count, and then…
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