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County staff recommends 3% wage increase for budget planning; capital list updated for elections equipment and select projects
Summary
County administration recommended a 3% across‑the‑board pay increase for use in the tentative budget and proposed adding election equipment replacement and the jail roof to the capital projects list; supervisors asked staff to monitor national economic volatility before finalizing.
County Administrator Derek Ruppier and finance staff presented a budget update and recommended that the board use a 3 percent across‑the‑board salary increase when preparing the tentative budget. Ruppier described current economic volatility — including recent national market swings and tariff uncertainty — and said county revenues remain healthy but that staff wants flexibility to adjust the recommendation if macroeconomic conditions change before budget adoption.
Renee and Austin (finance…
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