Thurston County Auditor Mary Hall has raised concerns about a sheriff’s office plan to mix Public Safety Sales Tax and general fund money.
The plan is to take the amount of general fund money budgeted for sheriff’s office law enforcement and move it into a Public Safety Sales Tax fund, Budget and Fiscal Manager Summer Miller told the Board of County Commissioners Wednesday.
The Public Safety Sales Tax is a 0.2% sales tax that primarily supports law enforcement. Voters approved the tax in the 2023 general election…