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University of Idaho extension requests 5.6% county funding increase; staff pay and grants highlighted
Summary
University of Idaho extension representatives requested a 5.6% increase to the county-funded portion of their FY26 budget (about $8,700), citing staff market-rate shortfalls, a recent fringe-rate reduction and ongoing programming including 4-H, forestry, Master Gardener and family consumer sciences.
University of Idaho extension staff asked Kootenai County commissioners on March 18 to approve a modest increase in the county’s FY26 contribution to local extension operations.
Rusty Gause, representing the University of Idaho Cooperative Extension in Kootenai County, said the office is requesting a 5.6% increase in county funding for FY26. “So overall, it’s just a 5.6% increase in the budget from last year is what we’re requesting,” Gause said. County staff clarified that the dollar amount of the requested increase is $8,700, not a larger sum.
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