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County directs staff to convene public hearings, move sooner on library and public safety levies
Summary
Board directed staff to proceed with earlier public hearings and to move toward filing two replacement local-option levies (library and public safety) for the November 2025 ballot; preliminary rates proposed are 37¢ per $1,000 for library services and 66¢ per $1,000 for public safety.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners on June 3 directed staff to proceed with an earlier public hearing schedule and to move toward referring two local-option levies to voters for the November 2025 ballot.
County staff presented preliminary ballot titles and explanatory statements for a library levy replacement and a public safety levy replacement. The board voted unanimously, 5-0, to convene hearings sooner rather than waiting for an August filing date so staff could begin outreach and campaign support activities earlier.
Lisa Tattersall,…
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