WASHINGTON COUNTY -- Washington County is facing a big monetary deficit and a rapidly-approaching deadline.

The Washington County Commissioners presented the budget advisory committee with the proposed 2026 budget.

They also presented a referendum bond that asks voters to approve 11 million dollars to resolve debt.

This comes after a 5 year budget crisis.

These Downeast town’s in the state have been under-taxed due to accounting errors and funds being carried over.

“They were unaudited figures. In any organization. County government, town government, you should not act on unaudited figures. That’s in a sense what they were doing. They would look at what money was left in a line item at the end of the year and just carry it forward to the left," explains Renee Gray, Washington County

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