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DAYTON — At last week’s meeting of the Columbia County Commissioners, county department heads were asked by the commissioners to provide input into the discussion of raising revenue to pay for essential services in the county.

Establishing a Park and Recreation District, raising the sales tax by three-tenths percent for law enforcement, and raising the levy lid, are ideas worth considering, according to the commissioners.

Commissioner Merle Jackson said the number-one topic at meetings of the Association of Washington Counties is how counties are expected to do more for more people wit...