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Washington County Board keeps burn ban in place after mixed reports on rainfall; will revisit in two weeks
Summary
After some supervisors said recent rains made a burn-ban termination premature while others flagged continuing drought conditions, the board voted to keep the previously declared burn-ban emergency in effect and directed staff to bring a termination resolution for consideration at the next meeting; motion passed unanimously.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted July 23 to maintain a previously declared burn-ban emergency and to revisit the question at its next meeting.
Board members debated whether recent, localized rainfall made the ban unnecessary. "Are we sure we want to do this? I've had 6 tenths ... I have not had these rains," an attending…
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