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Commissioners approve budget amendments, grants and sheriff office purchases
Summary
The Washington County commission approved multiple fiscal-year 2026 budget amendments and grant-related resolutions, including a mental-health transport grant, insurance-recovery budget adjustments for the sheriff's office, authorization to sell surplus property online, and approval of sheriff office vehicle/equipment purchases.
At its meeting the Washington County Board of Commissioners approved several budget amendments and public safety measures recommended by committee.
The public safety committee presented a memorandum of understanding with Frontier Health (Resolution 25‑11‑07) and moved several FY26 budget amendments. The commission approved a resolution amending the FY26 budget to accept a mental‑health transport grant for the sheriff’s office (Resolution 25‑11‑08) and another budget amendment to record insurance recovery for damaged sheriff’s equipment (Resolution 25‑11‑09), each on motions from the committee and subsequent roll calls.
The board also authorized the sheriff’s office to dispose of surplus property through an online auction service (Resolution 25‑11‑10); that measure passed 14 yes, 1 no as announced by the clerk. Finally, the commission approved a budget amendment authorizing purchases for the sheriff’s office including four vehicles (Resolution 25‑11‑11), with commissioners noting the purchases were funded from sheriff‑raised funds rather than general taxpayer revenue, according to remarks during discussion.
What happens next: The county finance office will record the approved budget amendments, and the sheriff’s office will proceed with vehicle/equipment procurement and surplus disposition according to county procurement rules.
