COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho —
Commissioners will convene for three more budget deliberation meetings between next Tuesday and July 19. A preliminary balanced budget will be presented Aug. 1, and a public hearing on the budget is scheduled Aug. 28. Commissioners are expected to adopt a final budget Aug. 30.
During an earlier budget deliberation meeting, county HR director Sylvia Proud recommended a 3.5% cost of living adjustment for all county employees for FY2025, a $2.3 million increase overall.
Proud said this recommendation was based off recent consumer price data and compared against other local and state agencies, which have proposed cost of living adjustments ranging from 3% to 3.5%.
Commissioner Leslie Duncan noted that Kootenai County plans to conduct a wage study next year for Fiscal Year 2026. If the county makes no cost-of-living adjustment for employees in the meantime, she said, wages may lag behind market rate.
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