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Board approves federal funding guiding principles 4–1 after debate over executive orders
Summary
Washington County commissioners voted 4–1 to adopt federal funding guiding principles July 22 after a board member said the document failed to address conflicts between federal executive orders and state law. Commissioner Nafissa Fye cast the lone no vote and argued the guidance did not clearly exempt the county from executive orders she views as
The Washington County Board of Commissioners on July 22 approved a set of federal funding guiding principles intended to direct how the county negotiates and signs contracts that include federal attestation language. The measure passed 4–1 after a brief discussion in which Commissioner Nafissa Fye said the document did not address conflicts between federal executive orders and state or local law.
The item came before the board as a revised document (version 4) that…
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