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Klamath County delegation hears warnings about tight state budget; DEQ staffing proposal and water-rights bill draw concern
Summary
State legislators briefing the county delegation said budget constraints are driving austere spending and that a proposed large increase in DEQ staffing drew bipartisan opposition; lawmakers also flagged a water-rights bill under consideration and said withheld ending balances may be allocated later via a short or special session.
State legislators on a virtual call with Klamath County officials described a budget environment they said is constrained and likely to produce delayed allocations for some county projects.
A state senator on the call said many policy bills have moved from committee to ways and means and the next steps are budget votes on the floors of the House and Senate. The senator said one recent budget proposal to add several hundred Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) positions drew unified Republican opposition on the floor. "The budget bill that was astonishing to us yesterday on our senate floor was to increase the…
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