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Rocky Mount residents and council weigh proposed property tax increase during budget hearing
Summary
City council held a public hearing on the proposed fiscal 2025–26 budget. Residents urged caution on a proposed property tax increase and asked for clearer breakdowns of utility and solid-waste fee changes; the council closed the hearing and did not vote on the budget at this meeting.
City Manager Elton Daniels presented the proposed fiscal 2025–26 budget and the city held a public hearing where multiple residents spoke for and against a proposed property tax increase.
The most repeated concern from speakers was a proposed 4¢ property tax increase that one commenter said would raise about $2,400,000 and would be used in part to fund cost-of-living increases for city employees. Jean Kitchen, a former member of the Rocky Mount Board of Education, urged council to “please allow Mister Daniels to follow through on his advice and his budget,”…
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