POCATELLO — Bannock County residents mostly scolded their elected county commissioners on Tuesday during a public hearing on the county’s proposed 2026 fiscal year budget, voicing frustration over planned cuts to nonprofit services while commissioners want to raise their own salaries by nearly 15 percent.

For more than an hour, residents from across the county urged the three commissioners — Ernie Moser, Jeff Hough, and Ken Bullock, and county clerk Jason Dixon — to restore, rather than cut, funding for organizations that serve vulnerable populations, including veterans, seniors and people experiencing homelessness.

The proposed $102.8 million budget would reduce nonprofit contributions by $131,500, lowering allocations from $477,500 in fiscal year 2025 to $346,000 in 2026 — a 27 percent

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