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Soil and Water Conservation District requests modest budget increase as state grants decline

5404181 · July 15, 2025
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Soil and Water Conservation District leaders told the county their budget request includes a 2.3% increase driven by salary and benefit assumptions (3% COLA and 10% health‑insurance), declining state grant lines and reduced fee income for tree and drill programs.

Kevin (Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor) and staff presented the district’s 2026 budget request on Tuesday, asking the county to support a modest increase as several state grant lines contract. Kevin said the district included a 3% cost‑of‑living adjustment and modeled a 10% increase in health‑insurance costs for 2026. He told commissioners that some state grant lines that had been temporarily increased in the 2023–24 biennium are expected to revert,…

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