Union County scraps 2% raises, freezes spending as reserves shrink

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Union County commissioners voted on Thursday, Sept. 10 to eliminate a planned 2% cost-of-living raise for county employees and to freeze unnecessary spending for the rest of the fiscal year, then acknowledged the moves did little to close a gap in a proposed 2026-27 general fund budget that spends about $1.4…