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Commissioners accept property‑valuation growth, bank CPI and set benefits and contingency figures
Summary
The Pennington County Board accepted projected valuation growth for FY2026, agreed not to use the 2.9% COLA-like 'CPI' increase immediately (to bank it), set employee benefits funding assumptions (2% increase for health insurance and 5.4% for dental), and increased contingency from $175,000 to $500,000.
Pennington County commissioners on Sept. 19 voted to include projected property valuation growth in the FY2026 provisional budget while deferring ("banking") the 2.9% cost‑of‑living factor (CPI) for later consideration. The board also established staffing and benefits assumptions and raised contingency to provide budget flexibility.
Key fiscal directions approved: - Growth: Staff had estimated approximately…
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