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Covington County Commission adopts $25.3M budget, caps miscellaneous spending
Summary
The commission approved a $25,333,000 net revenue budget as amended, including a 3% cost‑of‑living increase for staff, a contingency reserve of about $231,000, and a policy to cap any single miscellaneous line item at $20,000; several commissioners also approved small discretionary grants to schools and EMA.
The Covington County Commission voted unanimously to adopt the proposed budget as amended after debate over ‘miscellaneous’ line items, discretionary payouts and program requests.
"The net revenue budget is $25,333,000," the presiding commissioner said when outlining the proposal. The commission's proposed expenditure plan is slightly less than that total, producing a balanced budget. The plan includes a 3% cost-of-living raise for employees, absorbs a prior $1-per-hour premium (previously paid from ARPA funds) into the operating budget, and maintains a contingency/reserve line of approximately $231,000.
Commissioners debated several…
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