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Davis County employee association urges COLA to offset inflation; committee to track association funds
Summary
The Davis County Employee Association asked the Budget Committee to consider a cost-of-living adjustment for county employees, citing rising CPI/PPI and health-care costs; committee members agreed to add project accounting to clarify the association's fund balance beginning 2026.
Jamie Cox, president of the Davis County Employee Association (DCEA), asked the Davis County Budget Committee on Oct. 25 to consider a cost-of-living adjustment for county employees to preserve purchasing power amid rising prices.
Cox told the committee the association and its members are “very thankful” for county support but said employee pay is not keeping pace with inflation. “A cost of living increase isn't a raise. It's an adjustment to maintain the purchasing power of our employees,” Cox said.
Why it matters: Cox said rising producer and consumer price indexes and higher regional health-care costs are eroding take-home pay and employee morale. She cited a 3.3% rise in the Producer Price Index (PPI) and a 2.9% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the last 12 months and said a regional health-care cost rise of about 5.5% in the West has been reported to the association. Cox said those trends make a COLA “not a bonus. It's a…
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