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Caroline County administrator outlines $198.1M FY2027 budget; raises, new positions and CIP highlighted
Summary
County Administrator Mister Culley presented a draft FY2027 all-funds budget of about $198.1 million, flagging a proposed 11.41% average public-safety pay increase, 24 requested general-fund position changes and capital projects including a proposed Dawn Community Center and server and vehicle replacements.
County Administrator Mister Culley presented the county's proposed FY2027 budget during the Caroline County Board of Supervisors' April 2 work session, describing an all-funds total of $198,102,086.92 and a proposed general fund of $80,763,476.06.
Culley said personnel changes made up a substantial portion of the increase. He proposed a public-safety starting-pay bump that he modeled as $5,000 on starting pay plus a 2% satisfactory-evaluation step, which averages to an 11.41% increase across about 140 public-safety employees and carries an estimated cost (with payroll taxes and benefits) of $1,251,155. He proposed a 2% across-the-scale COLA for regular county employees (averaging roughly 4.25% when combined with step increases), adding $699,271.65 in cost. Combined, his proposed salary adjustments total about $1,950,420.93.
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