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North Augusta midyear budget: insurance, staffing and ARPA projects drive FY25 changes
Summary
City Administrator Jim Clifford told council the FY25 midyear review shows a 10.5% rise in PIVA insurance costs, a 3% employee cost‑of‑living adjustment, three added FTEs and a heavy infrastructure focus via $11.8M in ARPA funds plus a roughly $7.5M RIA grant; he detailed timelines for major projects and outlined the FY26 budget calendar.
City Administrator Jim Clifford presented a midyear FY25 budget update to the North Augusta City Council on Aug. 11, identifying personnel and insurance costs and a portfolio of ARPA and infrastructure projects that shape spending priorities.
Clifford said one major driver is a 10.5% increase in PIVA insurance costs that affected all South Carolina governments. "Eating a 10 and a half percent insurance cost for our personnel is not a minor budget driver," he told council. To help employees, the city implemented a 3% cost‑of‑living adjustment and added three full‑time equivalents to the base budget, including a records supervisor, an officer absorbed from a DUI grant and a…
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