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Graham County board adopts preliminary FY2025–26 budget, includes 4% market increase for employees

5436318 · July 22, 2025
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The Graham County Board of Supervisors approved a preliminary budget retroactive to July 1, 2025, setting a $62.8 million general-fund and $132.2 million all-funds budget and including a 4% market increase for employees and no increase in employee health contribution matching.

Graham County supervisors on July 21 approved the county’s preliminary fiscal year 2025–26 budget retroactive to July 1, 2025, setting a $62,800,000 general-fund budget and a $132,200,000 total-all-funds budget.

The preliminary budget includes a 4% market increase for all employees and, for the fourteenth consecutive year, no increase in employee contribution match for health benefits, county manager Welker told the board.

Welker said the county follows a “zero-based” budgeting practice required by state guidelines,…

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