Washington County’s longtime treasurer tendered her resignation on Thursday in the middle of a fiscal crisis precipitated by years of poorly managed budgets.

Jill Holmes, a Republican from Jonesport who had served in the elected position since 1999, cited personal reasons for her departure, according to County Administrator Renee Gray. She stepped down the same day the Bangor Daily News ran a story about the financial problems.

The county recently revealed that years of budget mismanagement emptied its coffers, pushing commissioners to seek voter approval for an $11 million bond issue in a November referendum. The county ran out of money to pay its employees earlier this year, leading it to take out millions of dollars in loans to stay afloat. They must be paid back by the end of t

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