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County lobbyist briefs commissioners as Olympia session nears final week
Summary
County lobbyist Mike Burgess told commissioners the legislative session was entering its final days, highlighted a floor amendment funding the county’s traffic management center, and noted several bills of local interest — including an affordable housing measure now at the governor’s desk and a data‑center tax component that failed to advance out of Ways & Means.
Mike Burgess, the county’s lobbyist, told Spokane County commissioners on March 3 that the state legislative session was nearing its close and that budget negotiations were in their final stages. “Today's day 51 of 60, so week and a half left ish,” Burgess said, adding that cutoffs and committee work meant major budget and bill movements were imminent.
Burgess said capital-budget requests that the county prioritized were largely funded and that operating budget negotiations were continuing as leadership…
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