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County staff presents proposed budget; recommends 3% raises, new grant manager and lodging-tax increase option
Summary
County staff outlined the proposed Carroll County budget on March 30, recommending a 3% across-the-board pay increase, adding a resource-development grant manager, and tightening revenue estimates after Parkdale's closure while suggesting a lodging-tax increase as a revenue option.
At the March 30, 2026 Carroll County Board of Supervisors budget work session, county staff reviewed revenue and expenditure assumptions and recommended a 3% pay increase for county employees and creation of a resource-development grant manager position to support grant-writing and reporting.
Staff described tightened revenue projections after the Parkdale plant closure and estimated the machine-and-tool tax loss at about $460,000. "One of the main things is we've had to…
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