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Swain County reviews FY2025–26 budget; salary study and insurance increases drive changes
Summary
County budget staff presented the FY2025–26 draft showing a roughly $1.7 million salary-study impact, an increase in per-employee health insurance to about $11,000 and removal of a prior $900,000 project that reduced the current request. Commissioners continued review; no formal votes were taken.
Swain County commissioners met in a budget work session to review department requests and the proposed FY2025–26 general fund. County budget staff said the county faces a major cost driver in a recent salary study — roughly $1.7 million — and a rise in estimated health-insurance costs to about $11,000 per employee.
The salary-study figures were presented in two columns: requested 25/26 assuming the existing salary grades and requested per study showing the effect of regrading positions to the study recommendations.…
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