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Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker adopted the county’s budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year during a brief meeting Thursday morning, June 23.

The budget had previously been approved by the Budget Committee after four days of meetings in May at the Linn County Expo Center. That committee features, in addition to the commissioners, Jennifer Stanaway, Kerry Johnson and Mellissa Barnard.

County Treasurer Michelle Hawkins said that the budget commissioners were being asked to adopt was the same as approved by the Budget Committee, but with an additional $...