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Macon County manager proposes $63.7 million budget with pay increases, new health positions; commissioners enter closed session on property purchase
Summary
County Manager Derek Roland presented a $63,704,651 recommended fiscal 2024-25 budget that includes a 2% COLA, a one‑step pay increase, two new environmental health positions and continued capital investments; commissioners later held a closed session on a property acquisition and recessed to a May 28 joint budget work session.
County Manager Derek Roland presented a recommended fiscal year 2024-25 operating budget of $63,704,651 to the Macon County Board of Commissioners on May 21, saying the plan "means more to him than any other one he has presented" and calling Macon County "one of the most financially solid local government organizations in the State of North Carolina." Roland said the proposal keeps the county’s debt capacity intact, maintains the county’s low tax rate and holds operating expenditures steady while preserving current employee health insurance costs.
Roland’s proposal includes a 2% cost‑of‑living adjustment for county employees, a one‑step increase in the pay plan, and the…
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