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Mackinac County budget committee recommends pay increases, warns of revenue shortfall
Summary
Budget Committee members John Kling and Daryl Schroeder presented recommended salary adjustments for elected officials and staff, urged another wage study in 2029, and flagged stagnant taxable values and inflation as drivers of recurring deficits; they proposed short-term use of delinquent tax funds and a $500,000 building maintenance reserve.
The Mackinac County Board of Commissioners’ Committee of the Whole met Dec. 5, 2025, to review the county’s proposed 2026 budget and to discuss pay and staffing recommendations from the Budget Committee.
Commissioner John Kling, a Budget Committee member, framed the meeting around the county’s last wage study and said the board should commission a new wage study in 2029 to keep pay scales current and fair. Kling said inflation and taxable values that have not kept pace with inflation are producing recurring budget shortfalls and that the county…
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