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Wicomico County plans split raises for staff, flags 11% health‑insurance increase in FY26 budget
Summary
Finance director Pam Olin told the Wicomico County Council that the FY26 budget includes a 3% pay‑scale increase in July and a further 2% step/in‑scale movement in January, and that countywide health‑insurance costs are budgeted to rise about 11%.
Wicomico County finance officials told the County Council during an April budget work session that the recommended FY26 budget spreads planned employee pay increases across two pay periods and reflects a roughly 11% rise in health‑insurance costs.
Pam Olin, the county finance director, said the administration is “increasing the scale for those who are on the M class as of the first full pay period in July by 3%. And then in January, in the first full pay period in January, we're moving people an additional 2%.” Olin said…
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