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Haywood County holds public hearing on proposed $111.9 million manager budget; tax rate unchanged
Summary
At a May 19 public hearing the Haywood County Board of Commissioners heard a presentation on the proposed FY 2025–26 budget. The managerrecommended plan trims departments' requests by roughly $5.5 million, holds the tax rate at 55 cents and proposes using about $10.96 million of fund balance; formal adoption is scheduled for June 2.
The Haywood County Board of Commissioners on May 19 received public comment and a detailed presentation on the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget, with the county managerrecommended plan totaling $111,877,648 and the property tax rate remaining at 55 cents.
Will Scarborough, Haywood County budget analyst, told the commission the original departmental requests totaled $117,440,568 and the recommended budget reflects about $5.5 million in cuts. Scarborough said the recommended budget anticipates using $10,961,097 of fund balance and projects a tax collection rate of 98.18% on a valuation of $10,283,742,441.
The managerrecommended budget keeps the county's millage unchanged “based on a valuation of 10,283,742,441 this year,” Scarborough said. He walked commissioners through revenue drivers, noting property tax remains the largest revenue source, sales tax forecasts were held flat after storms impacted collections, and several one-time recovery and resiliency costs tied to Tropical Storm Helene…
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