Everyone makes mistakes. This one almost cost the town $200,000.

This is a case where it pays to double-check your work — specifically, it pays $200,000.

The Elma Police Department levy was mistakenly left off of Grays Harbor County ballots for the Aug. 1 primary. The ballots were mailed earlier this month.

This week the county sent out a second batch to Elma voters only that includes the levy. (These ones have salmon-colored envelopes. I repeat, use the salmon-colored envelopes.)

Elma Mayor Jim Sorensen says he is happy with the county auditor’s fix.

“If you would have called me one week ago I would have been quite upset,” he said.

The Daily World reports the mix-up happened when Elma officials brought their resolution to the county’s recordings department, which didn’t pass it on to the elections department.

In a Facebook post, Elma Police Chief Susan Shultz wrote the levy will allow the department to maintain current staffing levels.

Elma voters have approved a $250,000 levy for the police department for the past two years. Last year it passed with 62 percent of the vote.

This story was originally published July 21, 2017 at 2:20 PM with the headline "Everyone makes mistakes. This one almost cost the town $200,000.."