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Rich County commission adopts 2026 budget, raises wages and reauthorizes sales taxes
Summary
The Rich County Commission unanimously adopted the county's 2026 general fund and sanitation budgets, approved a $3-per-hour cost-of-living increase and raised the starting wage to $22.50, and reauthorized several local sales-tax measures including the quarter-cent county option and a fixed guideway tax. Commissioners also approved benefit-provider changes.
The Rich County Commission on Dec. 10 adopted the county's 2026 budgets and a series of related measures after a public hearing and discussion about revenues, fund balance and tourism-related pass-through projects.
During the hearing commissioners discussed revenue uncertainty as federal ARPA funds taper and described the county's approach to balancing operations by drawing on and replenishing fund balance. The commission adopted the following measures by voice vote:
- Adoption of 2026 tax rates for county operations (general operations 0.000469;…
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