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Broadwater County compensation panel debates 3%–5% pay recommendation as health premiums rise
Summary
County staff and compensation board members discussed cost-of-living indexes and a $74 monthly health-insurance premium increase affecting 68 employees while preparing a COLA recommendation for July 2025–June 2026; no formal vote was taken and staff will fold the board—s recommendation into the budget process.
Broadwater County—s compensation panel spent its meeting reviewing inflation measures and insurance cost increases as it prepared a recommendation on employee pay for the fiscal year that starts July 2025.
County Administrative Officer Bill Jarocki opened the discussion and framed the board—s task as a recommendation that will be considered by the Board of Commissioners during the budget process. "The people we hire in Broadwater County are our most important resource," Jarocki said, and he reviewed national and regional inflation measures including the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index to provide context for a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
Lindsay Rickmeyer, a county staff member who prepared a worksheet for the panel, told members the county currently has 68…
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