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Sussex County adopts 3.5% appropriation cap, creates 1% "cap bank" for unanticipated expenses
Summary
The Sussex County Board of Commissioners adopted a resolution allowing a 3.5% limit on 2025 budget appropriations and establishing an appropriation "cap bank" to set aside up to 1% for future unanticipated expenses; the board held a public hearing before final adoption and approved the measure unanimously.
The Sussex County Board of County Commissioners voted to adopt a resolution limiting the county's 2025 budget appropriation increase to 3.5% over the previous year and to establish an appropriation "cap bank" that can hold the additional 1% for use against unanticipated expenses.
County counsel explained during discussion that the state law provides a baseline cost-of-living allowance and that the additional 1% simply allows the county to "save that 1% delta and set it aside" to cover unexpected expense spikes such as pension or health-insurance increases. "The cap bank is simply allowing the…
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