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County staff propose hearing-examiner budget and abatement fund to tackle long-running nuisance properties
Summary
After reviewing a large backlog of longstanding solid-waste and nuisance cases, county staff proposed that commissioners consider dedicated funding to cover hearing-examiner costs and an abatement fund; commissioners asked staff to wait until the legislative session ends and to return with a formal proposal.
Mason County staff used the Feb. 24 briefing to describe a persistent backlog of solid-waste, sewage and nuisance properties and to propose two fiscal tools intended to accelerate enforcement and cleanup.
Staff said environmental-health and community-development casework includes many multi‑year matters — dozens of open files older than five years — and presented examples of heavily contaminated lots, vehicle yards and encampment properties that have resisted voluntary cleanup.…
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