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Banner County sets preliminary budget guideline: 3% total increase, 2.4% cap on wages
Summary
At a Banner County budget workshop the board agreed on preliminary guidance asking elected offices to plan for a 3% total budget increase while limiting official salaries/wages to a 2.4% cost-of-living increase; staff will notify elected officials and schedule follow-up budget meetings.
At a Banner County budget workshop, commissioners asked elected officials to prepare budgets assuming a total budget increase of 3 percent while limiting salary increases to 2.4 percent.
The guidance is intended as a target, not a final appropriation. Commissioners said the figure will give officials a clear ceiling to use when preparing budgets and to help the board assess levy impacts before adopting final numbers.
The board’s preliminary direction asks offices to treat 2.4 percent as the…
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