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Commissioner seeks $41,000 in new contract lines for fairgrounds after caretaker position cut
Summary
Commissioner Todd Ewen presented a 2026 budget request to eliminate the fairgrounds caretaker position and create two contract lines: $21,000 for mowing and $20,000 for fairboard contracting funds, for council consideration.
Commissioner Todd Ewen presented a proposal to the Washington County Council to rework fairgrounds funding as part of the 2026 budget. Ewen said the fairgrounds caretaker position has been eliminated and asked the council to create two new lines: $21,000 for contract mowing and $20,000 for 'contracting funds fairboard.'
Councilmember Andrew Davisson asked whether the raises given elsewhere would also apply to stipends; the council deferred further discussion of stipend interactions to its Oct. 6 meeting. The fairgrounds lines were recorded as a formal request to be considered in the budget process; no final appropriation or vote on the new lines is recorded in the provided transcript.
