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Kootenai County commissioners eye 2.5% pay increase for employees

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | July 25, 2024 1:05 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — Kootenai County commissioners agreed this week to balance the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2025 with the assumption of a 3% tax increase, but it’s not yet clear how much of an increase Kootenai County taxpayers will actually see.

“It’s not that I want a 3% (increase), but that gives us a little more flexibility between now and the final budget,” Commissioner Bruce Mattare said during a budget discussion Tuesday. 

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