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Cabarrus County managers, residents spar over FY26 capital plan as schools ask for more funding
Summary
At a June 2 work session, County Manager Sean Newton explained the county's capital improvement approach and debt cycle as residents urged commissioners to increase support for schools and county employees during the FY26 budget public hearing.
The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners held a public hearing June 2 on the proposed FY26 budget, during which County Manager Sean Newton clarified how the county funds capital projects and residents urged greater support for schools and county staff.
Newton told commissioners that the county has historically rolled prior-year unspent funds into a community investment fund and typically pursues debt on a roughly every-other-year cycle. "If you look through the budget book, there's a breakdown of about $540,000,000 of need," he said, and added that this year's capital budget drawn from prior-year funds totals about $35,000,000, with "82% of that went to school funding for deferred maintenance for Cabarrus County Schools, Kannapolis City Schools, and even Rowan Cabarrus…
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