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Committee approves budget assumptions, adopts 5% utility increase; health-insurance change fails
Summary
The committee voted to forward 2026 budget assumptions to the full board after adopting a 5 percent placeholder for utility-cost increases and rejecting a motion to lower the health-insurance budget assumption from 6.5 percent to 3.4 percent.
The Marathon County Human Resources, Finance and Property Committee voted to forward its 2026 budget assumptions to the full board after debate over wages, health insurance and utility-cost assumptions.
Key votes and guidance: the committee adopted a 5 percent estimate for utility-cost increases for budget planning and rejected a motion to lower the health-insurance expenditure assumption from 6.5 percent to 3.4 percent. Chair Gibbs moved the final set of assumptions to the full board and the committee approved the motion with a majority vote.
What the assumptions mean: staff will use the adopted assumptions as starting points for the 2026 budget development. The 6.5 percent…
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