Nueces County employees received a 10% cost of living adjustment increase after commissioners approved the measure during the fiscal year 2025-2026 budget process. All pay schedules became effective October 1st.<\/p>\n
The concept, three years in the making, was discussed many times before receiving final approval. The increase comes after employees faced a 10% cut in their budgets and the county experienced a shortage of workers.<\/p>\n
Nueces County Judge Connie Scott pushed the movement forward and expressed satisfaction with the outcome.<\/p>\n
“I was very pleased that the commissioners agreed with me and we were able to do so with just the tax increase that still has us below what we were when I came in, but it’s getting us back up to what Nueces County should be at,” Scott said.<\/p>\n
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