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Council hears staff briefing on FY27 pay, retiree benefits and long-term cost risks
Summary
Council staff presented the executive’s FY27 compensation package, outlining roughly $4.9 billion in proposed pay and benefit costs, multi-year retiree-health and GRIP/RSP changes and options the council can use to reduce near-term budget pressure before straw votes next week.
Council members on April 28 received a detailed staff briefing on the county executive’s proposed FY27 compensation and benefits package and spent the remainder of the session asking staff and union representatives for clarifications ahead of straw votes next week.
"In total, the executive's budget as well as the agency budgets recommend about $4,900,000,000 in compensation costs, which is a 4.5% increase from FY26 to FY27," said Mr. Howard, a member of council staff who led the presentation. Staff said compensation and benefits constitute roughly 70% of tax-supported spending and emphasized the multi-year fiscal implications of staged benefit changes.
The briefing outlined negotiated pay adjustments the executive negotiated with represented groups — roughly 6–6.5% for several unions — plus a set of salary-schedule adjustments for deputy sheriffs and correctional officers. Staff estimated a FY27 combined cost of pay and benefit adjustments of about $54.4…
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