Oakesdale 2024 Current Expense Fund increase

OAKESDALE— The Town of Oakesdale released its 2024 Budget totals.

At a population of 400 as of 2023, Oakesdale maintains a current expense fund according to RCW 35.37.010, which the Washington State Legislature requires any town with less than twenty thousand inhabitants to maintain.

Town of Oakesdale Clerk/Treasurer Mary DeGon said that the current expense is one of those funds you hope you make money off of because it is the fund borrowed from, “you always want a healthy balance,” DeGon said.

Current expense fund revenues come to a total of $596,982.46, a $95,603.98 increase from the 2023 fu...