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Washington County adopts FY 2025–27 planning work program, citing staffing limits and state mandates
Summary
Washington County commissioners unanimously approved the county’s two-year planning work program, which lists housing, natural resources, transportation and a comprehensive community development code assessment as top priorities while noting limited staff capacity.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners on July 15 unanimously approved the county’s fiscal year 2025–27 Planning Work Program, a two-year biennial list of mandated and discretionary planning tasks that staff say is over-programmed but provides timing flexibility.
County planning staff presented the work program at the board meeting. Carol Johnson, planning and development services manager, said the document organizes 39.73 full-time equivalent staffing across community planning, transportation planning and current planning/development review and lays out ordinances, studies and ongoing work required by federal, state and local rules. "This is a biennial work program," Johnson said. "Most of the work is mandated by state statute and subject to strict timelines."
The nut of the program centers…
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