Cowlitz County approves fourth-quarter budget amendment, creates Sheriff Equipment and Technology Fund

Cowlitz County commissioners voted to approve the county—ourth-quarter budget amendment and establish a new Sheriff Equipment and Technology Fund after a public hearing and staff presentation. Finance Director Kathy Funk Baxter presented the amendment and outlined the major transfers and timing adjustments.

Funk Baxter told commissioners the amendment nets a $346,003.92 increase in the general fund ending balance and reflects several programmatic adjustments. She said district court returned about $300,008 by scaling back certain line items, and a prior transfer to a cumulative tourism reserve…