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Tax collector asks for two new tag-and-title staff as part of small overall budget increase

5534693 · August 5, 2025
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Amy Dugger, Baker County tax collector, presented a proposed fiscal-year 2026 budget that would increase overall spending about 4.8% from the prior year. The largest single request is funding for two additional employees in the tag-and-title/driver's license area to address sustained customer growth.

Amy Dugger, Baker County tax collector, presented her office's fiscal 2026 budget request at the county's February budget workshop, asking the commission to approve a roughly 4.8% increase from last year to cover staffing, equipment and operating cost increases.

Dugger told the board the tax-collector office has experienced sustained growth in customer demand: she reported roughly a 20% year-over-year increase in tag-and-title transactions and about a 15% rise in driver’s license customers over recent years (she…

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