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Portage County commissioners outline tight budget year, health‑benefit changes and recent county projects
Summary
At a public town‑hall, commissioners described steps taken to balance a tight 2025 budget — using health‑benefit reserves, instituting temporary benefit holidays and applying a 5% non‑personnel reduction — and highlighted county projects including airport development, building repairs and emergency‑management investments.
Commissioners used the meeting to explain recent budget decisions and provide an overview of county projects and services.
Commissioner Sabrina Christian Bennett said the county is managing a lean budget year as COVID‑era funds wind down. She described actions taken to close a budget gap, including aligning health‑benefit costs to historical usage, applying two 'health benefit holidays' and transferring $600,000 from the county's health‑benefit account to offset…
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