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Thurston County board hears April budget update, votes to require monthly financial plans from departments
Summary
Budget staff presented April projections showing a persistent multi-million-dollar general-fund deficit; after discussion the board unanimously directed all appointed directors and elected officials to submit monthly financial plans for all funds to the Budget Office effective immediately.
Thurston County officials on April 29 received an April budget update that reiterated a structural general-fund deficit and presented two year-end scenarios; the board voted unanimously to require monthly financial plans from departments and elected offices.
Budget and Finance Manager Summer Miller told commissioners the county's adopted 2026 budget still contains a $12 million deficit despite earlier one-time measures that reduced a projected $36 million gap. Miller presented two scenarios: one based on current staff estimates and assumptions…
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