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Board approves preliminary proposals for five‑year library and public‑safety levies

3535483 · May 27, 2025
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Washington County staff presented preliminary replacement levy proposals for WCCLS (library) and countywide public safety; the board approved both preliminary proposals 5‑0 to proceed to ballot-title drafting and polling steps.

WASHINGTON COUNTY — The Board of Commissioners approved preliminary proposals on Thursday to refer two five-year local option replacement levies to the ballot: a Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) replacement levy and a county public‑safety replacement levy. The board voted unanimously to advance draft ballot titles and explanatory statements to the next steps in the levy process.

Assistant County Administrator Erin Calvert and WCCLS Manager Lisa Tattersall presented the proposals and a development timeline. Tattersall described libraries as a cooperative system that links county, nine cities and three nonprofit partners, and said the current 22¢ per $1,000 assessed-value…

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