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Okanogan County commissioners debate charging model, reserves for county drug task force
Summary
Commissioners, the sheriff and task-force staff spent an extended session reviewing reserves, historical spending and a proposed per-capita charge to cities and Ferry County to sustain the countywide drug task force. Staff modelled scenarios and commissioners asked for refined figures and a public meeting with cities.
Commissioners spent more than an hour on a countywide review of the multi-jurisdiction drug task force's budget, reserves and proposed billing formula.
County staff and task-force leaders presented spending histories and reserve balances, noting a current investment balance in the task-force fund and separate restricted federal-forfeiture funds. Board members pressed staff to recommend a sustainable reserve level; county staff said a two-year reserve…
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