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Thurston County staff brief commissioners on public safety sales tax revenues, Axon purchase, and justice‑system spending
Summary
County budget staff presented revenue and expenditure projections for the public safety sales tax funds for law enforcement and justice services, described major costs including Axon equipment and bond payments, and outlined grant and staffing requests for the prosecutor's office and public defense.
Thurston County budget staff on Wednesday reviewed the county’s public safety sales tax (PSST) funds, reporting revenue and expenditure projections, major procurement items and planned staffing uses for fiscal 2025 and beyond.
Summer Miller, budget and fiscal manager, told the board the sheriff’s portion of the PSST (Fund 1230) showed revenue estimates of about $4.1 million in 2024 and $6.6 million in 2025, with gradual increases thereafter, and that staff are monitoring revised state sales‑tax forecasts. Expenditures for the sheriff’s fund in 2025 were estimated at about $7.1 million; Miller said that figure includes a placeholder for a 3% cost‑of‑living adjustment, phasing in additional staff vehicles and equipment, and bond interest payments. Miller also…
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