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Council signals budget guidance: recommends 0% across-the-board raises and flat operating budgets amid state funding uncertainty
5766107 · April 10, 2025
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Summary
Facing uncertain state action on property tax and local-option proposals, council recommended officeholders prepare budgets with 0% pay increases and flat operating expenditures as a conservative baseline; council gave consensus to issue guidance to department heads.
DeKalb County Council signaled budget guidance for the 2026 budget cycle, recommending that officeholders plan for 0% across-the-board pay increases and hold operating expenditures at current levels until state fiscal decisions become clear.
Council members said the…
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