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Cowlitz County finance director outlines January cash flow, plans for budget amendment
Summary
Finance Director Kathy Funk Baxter told commissioners that January spending reflects routine internal-service billing and that a public hearing on a budget amendment (including a new construction fund request from the Port/Facility Development entity) is set for tomorrow.
Kathy Funk Baxter, Cowlitz County finance director, delivered the monthly financial update and previewed a budget-amendment public hearing scheduled for the next day, citing timing effects from accrual reversals and the county's internal-services billing cycle.
Baxter told commissioners the general fund showed limited revenues in January (about $2.0 million) and higher expenses (just over $10.0 million) because internal service department charges are routinely billed in January. "January is the month where we pay our internal service department bills," she said, and added that accrual reversals from 2024 complicate year-over-year comparisons.
Baxter said the county received $451,000 in special assessments for the Noxious…
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