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Cowlitz County reviews emergency management January finances and role in Longview cold-weather sheltering
Summary
County finance staff presented January budget-to-actuals for Emergency Management and said the department expects a 2024 grant to carry into 2025; staff clarified the county’s role is informational and supportive for city-run cold-weather shelters in Longview and Kelso.
Kathy Funk Baxter, Cowlitz County finance director, told commissioners Monday that Emergency Management’s January financials showed modest activity and no immediate concerns.
Baxter said the department’s intergovernmental revenue budget is $120,009 and that January receipts were $43. She said the largest Emergency Management revenue category is goods and services (budgeted at about $49,076), first-quarter billings had not yet posted and miscellaneous revenue (primarily investment income) was budgeted at…
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