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County amends budget to accept higher state snow-plow reimbursement; officials warn of three-year averaging limits
Summary
Washington County supervisors approved a budget amendment and chairman authorization to reconcile higher-than-expected state reimbursements for plowing state roads, and discussed how a three-year averaging rule and salt supply problems affected reimbursement and budgeting.
Washington County supervisors voted to amend the county budget and authorize the chairman to sign documents to reconcile state reimbursements for plowing state roads, after the county’s final plowing costs exceeded the three-year average used to calculate state payments.
The matter was introduced as a routine settlement of costs under the county’s contract with the state for plowing state-owned highways. County staff said the state guarantees an amount based on a three-year average; if actual costs exceed that figure, the county may receive additional reimbursement, but expenses more than 15% over the average require paperwork and a budget amendment. “So it’s, the average that was calculated for this year was $669, 700 no.…
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