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County commissioner outlines library-levy trade-offs and flags housing, mental health as top priorities
Summary
Washington County Commissioner Jason Snyder told the Tualatin City Council that county library-levy allocations are being adjusted to serve underserved, unincorporated areas and that the county’s top priorities are housing and mental-health services amid uncertain funding.
Washington County Commissioner Jason Snyder on Monday told the Tualatin City Council that the county is reworking how library-levy dollars are allocated to address long-standing inequities between incorporated cities and unincorporated urban areas.
Snyder said the county’s allocation formula has shifted more levy funding toward nonprofit libraries that serve unincorporated neighborhoods, and that any county decision to increase support for those nonprofit libraries would mean less money available for other…
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