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Lewis County adopts budget amendment, approves public-health and court treatment contracts
Summary
After a public hearing, the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners approved a 2025 budget amendment and unanimously approved several contracts and MOUs to fund language-access services, substance-use treatment supports and court-related services funded largely by the Criminal Justice Treatment Account.
The Lewis County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Nov. 4 to adopt an amendment to the county’s 2025 budget and to approve a series of contracts and memoranda of understanding intended to support language-access services and treatment and recovery programs tied to the criminal justice system.
Becky Butler, county staff handling the budget report, told the board that "with the changes incorporated, this total budget amendment reflects a decrease in expenditures of $1,496,475 and a decrease in revenue of $2,041,750," and that the change reduces the county’s estimated ending fund balance by $545,275. She said the general fund portion of the amendment increases revenue by $38,206 and increases expenditures by…
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