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Washington County pulls item 17 to consider adding budget language on service changes and community impacts

Washington County · December 17, 2025
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Summary

At its Dec. 16 work session, the Washington County board pulled item 17 from the consent agenda so commissioners can consider an amendment to add the language "Develop a proposed budget that outlines service changes and impacts to the community" to the county's budget priorities; the item will move to action item 7 for consideration.

Chair Katherine Harrington opened the Washington County work session on Tuesday, Dec. 16, and asked to remove item 17 from the consent agenda, saying the draft guiding principles and priorities do not provide sufficient direction to address an identified gap.

A commissioner who said they had emailed the board explained they plan to bring an amendment to the budget priorities to elevate language discussed at a prior roundtable and included during deliberations: "Develop a…

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