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Beaufort County CFO: mill-value numbers pending as administration builds merit and COLA into FY27 budget
Summary
County CFO Pinky Harriet told the council the FY27 draft budget is largely complete but still awaiting mill‑value calculations and that personnel changes—including a step/merit pay plan and a 1% COLA assumption—are built into the request as staff try to remain millage‑neutral.
Beaufort County’s chief financial officer, Pinky Harriet, told the council at a budget workshop that the administration has entered personnel numbers and completed CIP reviews but is waiting for property-assessment mill values that will determine the budget’s tax impact. Harriet said the county is working to include an anniversary‑based merit program, a step pay plan already implemented Jan. 1, retiree gap insurance and a 1% cost‑of‑living adjustment in the FY27 plan while aiming to keep the county “mill neutral.”
Harriet said staff received real and personal property…
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