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Commissioners review $263,000 in countywide membership dues, agree to pay as budgeted
Summary
Finance director presented the county’s annual membership dues and their benefits; commissioners discussed value and inter‑organization overlap and agreed to process payments as budgeted while asking staff to continue reviewing efficiencies.
Kathy Funk Baxter, Cowlitz County finance director, briefed the Board of Commissioners Feb. 5 on the county’s annual membership dues, explaining the payments are primarily charged to the county’s non‑departmental general fund. Kathy listed the largest memberships and their annual amounts: the Council of Governments (COG) at $173,247, the Washington Association of Counties (WAC) at $45,246, the Washington Association of County Officials (WACO) at about $20,005, the Cowlitz Economic Development Council at $19,006.42, the Kelso‑Longview Chamber of Commerce at $2,525 and the National Association of Counties at about $2,001 (total roughly $263,000).
Kathy described benefits that come with specific memberships. Bill Fasching, director of the Cowlitz‑Wahkiakum Council of…
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