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Cole County commissioners advance salary adjustments, set pay‑grid timing amid budget discussion
Summary
At a Dec. 11 budget session, Cole County commissioners agreed to zero a $12,000 assessor consulting line, advance several pay sheets into the 2026 budget subject to a salary study, and approve adopting a new pay grid for the Jan. 4 pay period while keeping step increases in July.
Cole County commissioners spent much of a Dec. 11 meeting reviewing department salary requests, provisional pay sheets and the countywide pay grid, agreeing to adopt a new grid for the first January pay period while keeping step increases on the July cycle.
The discussion began when Speaker 2 directed the group to page 100 of the draft budget and identified a $12,000 line listed as real‑estate maintenance and consulting for the assessor—s office. "Tim has since decided that will not be used going forward, so we can zero that line out," Speaker 2 said. Commissioners discussed rolling that $12,000…
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