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Garfield County adopts 2024 close and 2025 budgets, records 3% COLA and $0.40 market adjustment
Summary
After public hearings, the commission approved the 2024 budget closing with transfers to capital and adopted the 2025 budget that includes a 3% cost-of-living increase and a $0.40-per-hour market adjustment for county employees and elected officials.
The Garfield County Commission opened public hearings on closing the 2024 budget and on the proposed 2025 budget. A county auditor and clerk explained that year-to-date property-tax receipts printed before end-of-November transfers explain low interim collections, and recommended transferring $4.2 million to the capital improvement fund because the general-fund surplus exceeded the legal carry limit.
A member of the public, identified on the record as Mister Desai,…
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