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Cowlitz County coroner reports sharp early-year caseload, state reimbursements and grant lift revenues
Summary
Finance director and coroner staff told commissioners the coroner’s office saw above-average autopsy volume through February, with state autopsy reimbursements and a delayed grant accounting for most of the office’s early-year revenue.
Kathy Funk Baxter, Cowlitz County finance director, told the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday that the coroner’s office is being supported out of the county general fund and that revenues are not expected to fully match expenditures this year.
The county has budgeted “a little over $141,000” in intergovernmental revenue for the coroner’s office, Baxter said, and through February the office had recorded roughly $42,000 in state autopsy-cost reimbursements and $62,000 in grant proceeds. The grant was awarded in 2024 but not received until 2025, Baxter said.
Christie (identified in the meeting as coroner staff) told commissioners the office has been unusually busy. Staff logged six autopsies for the county in a…
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