County commissioners approve lower wage increase for employees
The Flathead County Courthouse in Kalispell on Thursday, June 22. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead County commissioners on Tuesday approved an increase in wages for elected officials, which in turn increases county employee wages at a matching rate of 3.2%.
But the figure was below the 4.1% sought by several members of the county compensation committee.
Commissioners said they couldn’t increase wages at a higher rate while dealing with operation budgets expected to increase by up to 9% for county departments. A larger bump in wages would require an increase in taxes, they said.
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