Somers lets Snohomish County budget go through without his signature

EVERETT — County Executive Dave Somers on Friday said he was allowing the county’s two-year budget to be enacted without his signature.

Somers said in a statement he strongly considered vetoing the $3.22 billion budget, which the County Council approved Nov. 25 in a 3-2 vote.

“Because Council’s consideration of the budget was delayed two weeks and with the upcoming two-week Council recess, there is not sufficient time to resolve the budget without risking a temporary shutdown of county government,” Somers said. “That would be unacceptable and I cannot in good conscience do that to our dedicated employees or to the public we serve.”

He also expressed his displeasure with the budget, vowing to, “work with my team to identify measures and strategies to lessen the negative impacts of this budget if it were to be fully enacted as adopted.”

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