Huntersville staff outline $330 million CIP and five-year budget forecast; warn of possible fund‑balance drawdown

Jackie Huffman, introduced at the meeting as a 30‑year veteran of local government, told the Town of Huntersville board on April 22 that staff will present a five‑year capital improvement program (CIP) and a financial forecast intended as a planning tool rather than a recommended binding plan. "This afternoon's pre meeting is dedicated to us to our discussion of what I'm gonna call our CIP, capital improvement program," Huffman said. "It is my hope that this is a conversation. I do not have, prepared remarks."

Huffman and staff showed a spreadsheet that lists about $111 million in projects funded in prior years that remain active, roughly $46 million of projects listed in future years that have no identified funding source yet, and a combined total across prior, FY‑26 and future columns of about $330 million. Staff said roughly $38 million (about 34 percent of the prior‑funded total) is expected to roll off the list this year as projects complete, including the town hall project.

The nut of the presentation was the town's five‑year financial forecast, which models revenues, operating costs, capital and debt service under a range of…