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Finance and Audit Committee votes to send proposed countywide elected-official salary increases to full county board
Summary
The committee voted to forward a draft resolution raising salaries for countywide elected offices to the county board for final consideration; members debated timing, CPI indexing and budget impacts as the county faces near-term budget gaps.
The Finance and Audit Committee voted to send a draft resolution that would raise salaries for countywide elected offices to the full county board for consideration. The committee vote on item 9.1 was recorded as a majority yes and the measure will move to the county board for final action.
Committee members debated the measure at length, focusing on when increases would take effect, the effect of automatic cost-of-living indexing and the county’s near-term budget shortfall. Scott (Deputy administrator/finance staff) said the last countywide salary resolution was adopted in 2021 and that the proposal would apply to officials elected at the next election, not…
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