CACHE COUNTY – At their regular meeting on Oct. 28, members of the Cache County Council accepted – but did not approve – a tentative budget for 2026 submitted by County Executive George Daines.

That spending plan proposed by Daines for next year called for county expenditures of $65.5 million, about a 7.5 percent reduction from Cache County’s current budget of $70 million.

The components of the tentative budget include $2.7 million in spending cuts recommended by Daines; $3.7 million in new revenues from a proposed 18 percent property tax increase; and, an estimated more than $1.3 million diverted from county reserve funds.

Daines explained that the proposed budget also assumes a cost-of-living pay increase for county employees varying from 3 to 4 percent as well as a 10 percent pay inc

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