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Prosecuting Attorney budgets: child support is fully state-reimbursed; drug fund declining

Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners · February 10, 2026
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County staff told commissioners the PA general fund relies partly on state payments that cover half of one salary and that the child support program is 100% state-reimbursed; the drug fund was described as a declining, rainy-day account with proposed transfers to general fund.

Finance staff presented the Prosecuting Attorney (PA) office's budget and several auxiliary funds. The director said intergovernmental payments from the state cover half of 'Ryan's salary' and that an incoming accrual of about $18,000 will put revenues above expected budget levels.

PA expenses included personnel, subscriptions (Thomson Reuters/Westlaw), professional fees for services such as…

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