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Thurston County board advances 2026–27 biennial budget for final adoption after staff corrections and targeted cuts
Summary
The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners voted to place the 2026–27 biennial budget on the Dec. 16 adoption agenda after staff and commissioners reduced proposed cuts, corrected an overstated clerk reduction and identified additional assessor savings.
The Thurston County Board of County Commissioners on Dec. 3 voted to place the county's 2026'27 biennial budget on the Dec. 16 agenda for final adoption after reviewing staff adjustments and error corrections.
County Manager (name not stated) told the board the county faced a structural deficit for the upcoming biennium and that the board had worked intensively over several weeks to reduce proposed cuts. "We were able to take a 26% reduction...and whittle that down through strategic decisions and activation of…
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