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Hunt County court directs staff to load 3% pay increase into preliminary 2025–26 budget; requests to be prioritized
Summary
The Hunt County Commissioners Court on July 18 directed staff to include a 3% across‑the‑board pay adjustment in the preliminary fiscal 2025–26 budget and to load all departmental requests into a consolidated package for review.
HUNT COUNTY, Texas — The Hunt County Commissioners Court on July 18 directed staff to include a 3% pay increase in the preliminary fiscal 2025–26 budget and to load all department funding requests into a combined preliminary budget for review. The court set a target to have the consolidated preliminary numbers ready within about a week so commissioners can begin prioritizing before the county’s public filing deadlines in early August.
Why it matters: The 3% baseline gives staff and elected leaders a single starting figure for final budget cuts and tradeoffs. Commissioners repeatedly described law‑enforcement staffing, the public‑health inspector vacancy, senior services and the AMR emergency‑service contract as among the…
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