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Officials weigh modest pay increases and rising benefit costs in budget review
Summary
County leaders discussed the need to align starting pay with neighboring counties, potential cost-of-living increases and the employer-side FICA/Medicare/retirement impacts of any pay adjustments.
Officials said employee pay has lagged compared with neighboring counties and discussed options for moving starting pay upward; Chair (S1) noted previous step increases but said an across-the-board raise has not occurred in recent years.
Commissioner (S2) and staff calculated that a proposed $3,500 cost-of-living increase would add employer FICA, Medicare and retirement obligations, estimating an added employer expense of roughly $84,006.91 for the package. Participants asked staff to plug those numbers into the draft budget to see what could be afforded without increasing the tax rate.
