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County's proposed budget swells 20 percent

Executive Dave Somers leans on rosy projections to pay for employee anti-bias training, police badge cams.

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Sep 30, 2021
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Funded by a rosy projection of economic recovery and an increase in the county portion of property taxes, County Executive Dave Somers unveiled his annual Snohomish County Budget proposal last week via a remote-video feed.

The $1.2 Billion proposal features a baseline increase of 20 percent over last year’s budget.

Somers’ proposal calls for more judges…

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