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Berkeley County Commission lays out FY26 budget preserving current levy, budgets raises for employees
Summary
Commissioners presented and approved FY26 budget allocations that keep the county levy rate unchanged and include a 5% across-the-board pay increase (capped at $4,000 per employee) plus targeted recruitment/retention items for public-safety offices.
Berkeley County commissioners on the record presented and advanced a fiscal year 2026 spending plan that keeps the county property tax levy at its current rate and builds pay increases into the operating budget.
County staff projected total available revenue of $53,750,978 for FY26, including an estimated $29,288,917 in property tax receipts and an unassigned fund balance of about $2,585,073, Gary (county staff member) told the commission during the budget presentation. “You’re going to spend about $53,750,978,” Gary said as he reviewed revenue lines.
The commission’s personnel…
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