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Washington County approves legal retainer, supports hotel‑occupancy tax exemption, appoints interim emergency coordinator and passes payables
Summary
The commissioners authorized a retainer for outside counsel on a pending lawsuit, adopted a resolution backing county exemption from the state hotel‑occupancy tax, appointed Kevin Ramirez as interim emergency management coordinator (no extra pay), renewed reserve deputy bonds, tabled a website-hosting purchase and approved $1,267,418.01 in accounts payable.
At its Jan. 6 meeting, the Washington County Commissioners Court approved several administrative, legal and financial items, including hiring outside counsel, backing state legislation, a personnel appointment and approval of accounts payable totaling $1,267,418.01.
Legal retainer: Staff explained that a pending lawsuit (case no. 38761 in the 330th Judicial District Court) does not request monetary damages and therefore is not covered by county insurance, requiring retention of outside counsel. The court authorized a retainer…
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