The Chatham County Board of Commissioners adopted their 2012-13 budget on Monday. The adopted budget maintains the property-tax rate at 62.19 cents while increasing funding by 2 percent for supplements for teachers and teaching assistants.
The Chatham County budget also gives at least a 2 percent increase in pay to government employees who have not received a raise in four years and are estimated by the county to be receiving salaries 15 percent below their counterparts in surrounding local governments.