Paul Sylvain

With less than six weeks remaining before the start of the county’s new fiscal year, and frustrated by the lack of forward movement on a 2026 spending package by the budget advisory committee (BAC), Washington County Commissioner Chairman David Burns on Nov. 13 proposed staffing cuts, totaling some $900,000. 

That would buy the county about two months of salaries and operational expenses. At current  staffing levels, the county’s payroll is about $200,000 every two weeks.