Ron Wesen on the issues

Q: Long term County public health role for the coronavirus pandemic?

A: Skagit County will continue to have our drive-through testing site available to our residents. Skagit County Health Department will continue to follow up with the positive cases doing contact tracing of individuals who have had contact with the positive cases.

If isolation is not able to take place in their home, a hotel has been contracted to allow people to stay there.

Q: County response for the long-term economic impact, both expenditures and tax revenues?

A: Property tax is the main tax revenue to the county. The count...