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District Court 2 budget steady, county to renegotiate Forks lease and security terms
Summary
CFO and District Court 2 staff presented a modest revenue increase for 2026 driven by interpreter revenues and flagged security and contract shortcomings at the City of Forks courtroom. County staff will model true costs and begin negotiating a modernized service contract with Forks.
District Court 2 officials presented a conservative 2026 spending plan and asked commissioners to authorize work to modernize the county's contracts with the City of Forks.
The court is budgeting $90,162 in revenues for 2026, an increase of about 9.6% driven largely by interpreter reimbursements; planned expenditures are $487,000 (about a 3.1% increase). The CFO and county finance staff explained that the state, through the Administrative Office of the Courts, partially reimburses in-court interpreter costs but that reimbursement is capped by the…
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