NPC freezes sheriff’s salary, pulls funding for two organizations
The move to cap Sheriff
"He's giving that up to help offset the costs," Zenner said of Rodriguez not getting the 2.1 percent cost of living adjustment all other county employees got in the final budget.
Rodriguez's current annual salary is
Commissioners
Zenner said the taxiway is necessary to help lure the construction of as many as eight new private hangars on the site. A lack of proper infrastructure at the business park has been cited as one of the barriers that has kept development from taking off there.
"We are assisting the airport in getting that development started," Zenner said, noting that the city of
The economic development funding will probably be restored next year, he added. The commissioners also redirected
Valley Vision President
"We went through one budget workshop with the commissioners, had multiple conversations with all three commissioners and we thought that we would have the same budget allocation that we had last year," Dye said, noting that the
The decrease in funding will probably come out of Valley Vision's marketing and promotions budget. Dye said that will have a negative impact on its ability to attract outside companies to the area.
Zenner, who was on the Valley Vision board, resigned that position since those on the board are supposed to be Valley Vision participants.
"What's more important is that relationship, and this is taking out an important stakeholder in regional development," Frei said, noting that one of her agency's most important issues is workforce development. "It's about more than the money. Not having
She said
The county's total contribution to the airport for 2020 is
Zenner said the 2020 budget also includes a new program to provide bonuses to employees for successfully completing projects that save the county money or make operations more efficient. The money for that program will come from funding that was initially proposed for across-the-board cost of living wage increases. An initial proposal put that increase at 4.3 percent, Zenner said. But it was reduced to 2.1 percent and some of the difference will go into the bonus program.
Commissioners also raised property taxes by the maximum 3 percent allowed by state law. According to estimates based on the most recent property value data available, the increase will actually result in a decrease of
The final 2020 county budget is
Mills may be contacted at [email protected] or (208) 848-2266.
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