Washington County Update - October 29, 2023 THINGS TO KNoW: STILL NO NEWS ON COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE...

→ Judge Deakins appointed Jackie Perry Ryan to the Board of Equalization and Butch Barthelemew and Larry Walker to the Water Authority. ...

→ Prosecutor Matt Durrett, co-chair of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC), received a letter from County Judge Deakins...

WC 2024 Budget information to consider after the October Finance & Budget meeting: This is the reason we’ve had a nice cushion in the...

Here’s the play-by-play of what happened at the QC’s County Services Subcommittee meeting on 10/2: → Minute 22:37: JP Evelyn Rios...

It’s a federal grant that pays Washington County to provide our undocumented neighbors’ names, release dates, and home and work addresses...

The CJCC voted to move forward with pretrial services The Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC) met and voted FOR a proposal for...

If you’re a community member who believes in open and transparent government, and/or if you have had trouble getting public records or...

A lot happened this week so I'm just going to dive right in! Ordinance to spend $20,000 of taxpayer dollars on outside council FAILED at...

WASHINGTON COUNTY FULL CJCC MEETING, Thursday, 9/28 @ 12:00 PM, Quorum Courtroom, WC Courthouse. IN PERSON ONLY. Hopefully the meeting...

But we're not done yet! Here’s how the JPs voted: click here. It will be back on the agenda up to 2 more times, with the next reading at...

The WC QC claims to want to save taxpayer dollars, but is willing to allocate over $30,000 on outside council when our county attorneys...

Here’s everything you need to know to keep our local government transparent… How can the Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC)...

- The Honorable Christi Beaumont said at the CJCC meeting. I have deemed this the quote of the year! This meeting was not posted on the...

The Finance & Budget Committee met Tuesday, 9/5/23. We reviewed budgets for the following officials: Assessor Russell Hill; Circuit...

What we fund is what we value… Let’s dive in as the QC continues to work through the 2024 Budget. Here’s what you need to know … JESAP...

The Prosecuting Attorney, Matt Durrett’s 2024 budget proposal contains $1,172,717.00 salaries and benefits for the three deputy PAs and...

Let’s back up a bit. What is JESAP? It is the Jobs Evaluation Salary Administration Program. Any county job that is created has to be...

Here’s what happened last week: ➦ Finance & Budget meeting we reviewed sheriff’s budgets for 2024, which included over $1.5M in increases...

Here’s everything you need to know about the August QC Meeting: ➦ My ordinance to fund nonprofits with ARPA money failed. Read more...