After taking a week to consider whether to give county employees a 4% or 5% raise this year, Commissioner David Lee ended up proposing something different: 6%.
His fellow commissioners quickly agreed.
Commissioners last week debated a cost-of-living adjustment, noting the national inflation rate was projected to be 5.9% this year.
Commissioners had budgeted for a 3% COLA, but Chairman Jerry Daniels and Commissioner Bruce Symes last week said they were ready to approve 5%.