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Mount Holly council adopts $42.37 million fiscal 2025-26 budget and fee schedule
Summary
After a public hearing, the Mount Holly City Council approved a $42,369,691 balanced budget for fiscal year 2025-26, including rate increases for water and sewer and funding for multiple capital projects; the council also approved the city's fee schedule.
Mount Holly City Council on June 9, 2025 approved a balanced fiscal year 2025-26 budget of $42,369,691 and an accompanying fee schedule following a public hearing and brief public comment.
City Manager Jonathan Blanton, who presented the proposal, said the recommended budget is “balanced at $42,369,691” and described it as one of the most conservative budgets the city has produced in several years. Blanton told council the general fund is balanced at $25,216,517 and the water and sewer fund at $15,903,301, and he outlined planned capital spending of $31,279,928.
The budget package includes a 12% increase in water rates and a 6% increase in sewer-related rates based on a recent study by Raftelis; Blanton said those increases will generate an estimated $624,000…
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