In this episode, we are looking at the Goldendale City Council's March 2026 meetings, and unpacking a major financial threat quietly draining the city's public safety budget. We break down how a cascade of controversies and ongoing mismanagement at the Klickitat County jail, including a recent two-million-dollar wrongful death settlement, is forcing local municipalities to foot the bill for extreme medical clearances just to process standard arrests.

In This Episode:

• Escalating issues with the county jail contract
• The tightrope of state road funding: why the city used stop signs instead of lowering the speed limit on twenty-first street.
• Distributing over one hundred thousand dollars in lodging tax grants for local tourism.
• Securing multi-year contracts for the city's police and municipal employees.

Resources & Links:

• Read the full written Klickitattler at skamaniadispatch.com
• Review the full March 2 and March 16 Council Packets at the City of Goldendale Website.

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