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Thurston County directs manager to return after Q1 with 'grow-back' plan progress and impacts
Summary
After staff described a roughly $36 million structural deficit and limited near-term revenue upside, commissioners voted to have the county manager return at the end of the first quarter with a data-driven discussion on how, if revenues improve, previously approved reductions could be restored.
Thurston County commissioners voted during a Jan. 14 work session to direct the county manager to return after the first quarter with a discussion of next steps for a General Fund grow-back plan.
Summer Miller, the county’s budget and finance manager, recapped the 2025 budget-reduction process and said the county’s general-fund forecast reflected a projected structural deficit about $36,000,000 for fiscal 2026. Miller told the board that the…
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