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Lake County Council rejects 2% across‑the‑board pay increase, approves elimination of vacant positions
Summary
At a budget hearing, the Lake County Council voted down a proposed 2% across‑the‑board pay raise and approved motions to eliminate long‑vacant positions, moves council members said are intended to protect the county's operating balance amid legislative changes.
The Lake County Council voted down a proposal to amend the salary ordinance to grant a 2% across‑the‑board pay increase, and then approved motions to eliminate long‑vacant positions as a budget offset.
The 2% amendment, proposed during a second‑reading budget hearing as an amendment to the 2026 salary ordinance, would have excluded noncontract and nonmandated positions and been offset by a reduction in the county's operating balance. County staff said the 2% increase would add about $2,000,000 in recurring cost; staff estimated that making vacant positions vacant effective Jan. 1, 2025 would recover about $1,000,000, leaving roughly $1,000,000 unfunded under the combined approach discussed.
Why it matters: council members framed the votes as balancing competing…
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