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Budget committee approves multiple FY 2627 district and county budgets, moves to shore up public safety funding
Summary
Clatsop County budget committee adopted FY 2627 budgets for several special districts and the countywide budget, approved commissioner stipends and a sheriff/DA salary action, and acknowledged rising medical and fuel costs while moving discretionary transient lodging tax dollars toward public safety needs.
Clatsop County's budget committee approved a slate of fiscal year 2627 budgets on the final day of its review, adopting special-district plans for law enforcement, road maintenance, sewer service and the county's extension program and then advancing the countywide budget to balance projected revenues and rising costs.
Committee members began with the Rural Law Enforcement District budget, where staff said personnel costs rise about 6% because of a 3% cost-of-living adjustment, step increases and higher insurance and retirement expenses. After no public comment, a committee member moved to approve the district budget and the motion carried by voice vote.
The committee then approved the Road District No. 1 budget, which staff said is down roughly $149,650 overall but continues to dedicate fund revenues to county road maintenance according to the Public Works capital improvement plan. The Westport Sewer Service District budget was approved next; staff told the committee the district is financed…
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