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County administrator recommends 1.25% cap on non-scale wage requests for 2025; board agrees
Summary
Portage County's administrator recommended and the board agreed to tell departments not on the salary scale to limit 2025 wage requests to 1.25% to preserve pay-scale incentives and manage budgets amid outstanding contract uncertainties.
County administrator (Speaker 7) told commissioners departments not on the pay scale should be limited to a 1.25% wage-request cap for 2025 so those on the scale are not disadvantaged. The administrator said the recommendation continues last year's approach and helps avoid excessive requests that would require later debate.
Commissioners discussed contract unknowns (including several sheriff's contracts) that could affect 2025 budget capacity and noted the county should keep contingency funds rather than commit them now. The board agreed with the recommendation; Speaker 7 said they would communicate the 1.25% guidance to departments as they prepare budgets.
The decision is procedural guidance to departmental budget submittals and does not itself amend compensation ordinances or execute raises; the board reserved final authority for later budget adoption.
