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• County budget raises taxes, CEO pay

  December 6, 2012 in City on Page A1 Spokane County commissioners are planning to cut services and raise property taxes for 2013 at the same time they are handing their top administrator a $33,800-a-year pay increase. CEO Marshall … 24

• County budget to tap reserve

  December 8, 2010 in City on Page A5 Next year’s Spokane County budget will dig deeper into county reserves, not taxpayers’ wallets. County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday not to impose legally permitted 1 percent increases in property tax … 2

• Assessor’s budget includes cost of aerial photography of buildings

  September 9, 2010 in City on Page A6 Spokane County commissioners can only hope that Assessor Ralph Baker is a trendsetter in budget discussions as well as technology. “I’m OK,” Baker told commissioners Wednesday as they began a … 1