Yes. The government officials are representatives of the state. Whatever they do, the state does. The state’s (or county’s) doings are consequences of the elected council members’ decisions.

You vote wrong, your tax money might end up spent unwisely. (And often, you vote in a sensible manner, but most of your neighbours don’t. And then the money gets spent the way most of your neighbours had wanted. By doing stupid illegal raids and paying their consequences.)