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Banner County commissioners set 3% starting point for 2025 budget after debate over pay increases
Summary
At a July 15 Banner County budget workshop, commissioners agreed to use a 3% across‑the‑board figure as the starting point for department budget proposals while discussing tradeoffs between cost‑of‑living and additional pay increases.
Banner County commissioners on July 15 agreed to use a 3% increase as the preliminary starting point for department budgets as staff and department heads presented requests and debated whether to use larger figures for salary and operating lines.
The decision provides a single baseline for county staff to assemble the consolidated proposed budget ahead of official valuation and levy numbers expected in mid‑August.
Commissioners and department representatives said they used different approaches in initial submittals. Some…
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