CACHE COUNTY – As part of their contribution to budget cutting for 2026, the members of the Cache County Council turned thumbs down on a proposed pay increase for themselves.

But the vote, which occurred during a regular council meeting on Dec. 2, was far from unanimous.

As outlined in Ordinance 2025-36, the proposed pay hike would have raised council members’ salaries from $24,000 per year to $36,000 and hiked the salary of the council chair from $30,000 to $43,200.

That measure was supported by council chair Sandi Goodlander and council members Barbara Tidwell and Kathryn Beus, but they were out-voted by the male members of the council by a 4-to-3 margin.

The council members had been avoiding the issue since late September when it was first raised by Amy Adams, the county’s director

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