MOUNT VERNON â The Skagit County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a 2021 county budget Tuesday that draws about $9 million from general fund reserves to counter the impacts COVID-19 has had on the local economy.
This will leave a projected $12.2 million in the reserve fund at the end of 2021, which is about $1.6 million more than what is considered the best practice of having two months of expected spending on hand, said County Administrator and Finance Director Trisha Logue.
In total, the county plans in 2021 to spend about $248.6 million and bring in about $217.6 million in revenue. Much of the $31 million difference between the two figures is money the county has been saving for several years to spend on projects, Logue said.