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Commission debates prosecutor pay-form increases and budget implications

Cole County Commission · May 12, 2026
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Summary

Commissioners reviewed four pay forms from the prosecutors office (increases of $46.85, $7,050, $4,550 and $6,489.66), debated whether accepting such forms obligates future base-budget increases, and criticized the lack of explanatory detail in the forms' justification boxes.

The commission reviewed four pay-form notifications forwarded from the prosecutors office showing proposed increases of $46.85, $7,050, $4,550 and $6,489.66. Commissioners questioned why the forms lack explanatory text and debated whether accepting those changes this year obligates the county to raise next years base appropriation.

"Theres nothing in here about why…

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