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Bonner County draft budget includes step increases and $1-per-hour flat COLA, commissioners agree to publish
Summary
Commissioners agreed to publish a draft fiscal-year budget that includes step increases and a $1-per-hour flat cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for county employees, with remaining benchmarking work and targeted adjustments to be handled during the fiscal year.
Bonner County commissioners on Wednesday approved publishing a draft budget that includes step increases for employees and a $1-per-hour flat COLA, with funds held in contingency to address remaining benchmarking and pay-band decisions.
The move comes after staff presented revenue and expense estimates used to build the draft. Jessica, a county staff member responsible for budget figures, said the county is projecting “just over 30,000,000 outside of taxes” in non-tax revenue and about “37,000,000 in tax revenue,” and that the draft assumes carrying forward just under $9,000,000 in cash to balance the budget.
Why it matters: salary and benefits are the largest single jump in the proposed…
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