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County and health officials outline how millage, sales-tax funds would be used for therapeutic courts and developmental services

5678079 · August 12, 2025
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County finance and public-health staff met with commissioners to clarify how mental-health millage, therapeutic-court sales tax and developmental-disability millage are budgeted, how requests should be documented, and the timing for county invoices and possible budget supplements.

Okanogan County officials and public-health staff on Monday clarified how the county will process requests for money from several restricted revenue streams — mental-health millage, therapeutic-court (sales) tax, developmental-disability millage and alcohol/drug tax — and set next steps for invoice formats and committee review.

County Chief Financial Officer Carrie and Chief Operating Officer Josie told commissioners the recent accounting change that separated millage deposits into individual funds (104, 105 and 107) was an internal bookkeeping step; the underlying revenues and statutory limits remain the same. Carrie said the county is drawing contracts that will require program recipients to comply with the applicable Revised Code of Washington…

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