$25 million county budget approved

Includes across the board pay raises for county employees 

STILLWATER — The Payne County Budget Board Monday approved the county’s amended 2024-2025 Fiscal Year budget at $25,317,149.32 and approved an across-the-board-pay raise for county employees.

“We approved the final budget, and we came in about $600,000 ahead of what we had estimated, and the board authorized a 3% raise for all county em…