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Pitkin commissioners approve 2025 budget and levy on first reading; mill levy emergency resolution passed
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners voted on Dec. 10 to approve first reading of an emergency resolution adopting the 2025 budget and to pass an emergency resolution certifying property taxes for fiscal year 2025. Both measures advanced to the scheduled confirmatory hearing and second reading Dec. 18.
Pitkin County presented its final 2025 budget to the Board of County Commissioners on Dec. 10 and advanced two emergency resolutions required by state timelines: adoption of the 2025 budget and appropriation of funds, and a separate emergency resolution levying general property taxes for 2024 to fund fiscal year 2025 operations.
County finance staff described the final budget as conservatively projected with healthy fund balances and a strong balance sheet. Major priorities in the 2025 budget include recruitment and retention (a wage pool increased from 5% to 6%), preservation of employee benefits with a 5% employee contribution increase for health insurance, and substantial investments in…
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