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County manager outlines $2.6M personnel cost increase; supervisors weigh levy exposure
Summary
Dunn County staff told the committee total salary and fringe costs are about $54.5 million with a $2.6 million increase; after exclusions staff estimate the levy would need to cover about $611,000 of the new salary/fringe cost under a 50% allocation assumption.
The county manager reported the county's total salary and fringe budget is approximately $54,521,754, an increase of about $2.6 million from the prior year, and explained how that figure translates into levy pressure.
"Our total salary and fringe costs in the county are 54,000,000, $521,754," the county manager said. He noted the county's levy is roughly $25 million, of which about $5 million goes to debt service, leaving roughly $19 million in usable levy. After excluding divisions that do not use levy ("neighbors" and transit), staff calculated that about $611,000 of the new salary/fringe increase would fall to the levy under a 50% allocation assumption.
Supervisors discussed pay‑increase assumptions used in Round 1 (staff said a 2% wage increase plus a 12% health‑insurance increase and performance pay assumptions) and encouraged staff to present sensitivity analyses breaking out levy exposure by program and department. Committee members asked for department‑level levy percentages to determine where cuts would produce the largest levy savings.
Staff said they will provide additional detail to inform Round‑2 deliberations and recommended supervisors consider how to balance ongoing salary commitments with one‑time revenues and CIP timing.
