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Residents press commissioners to boost school funding, homelessness services and election outreach at FY 2025–26 budget hearing
Summary
At a public hearing on the Harnett County FY 2025–26 budget, residents urged commissioners to increase spending on schools, EMS and homelessness prevention; staff presented the proposed general fund total and said further work sessions are scheduled before final approval.
Harnett County residents used the board’s public hearing on the proposed FY 2025–26 budget to urge commissioners to increase support for public schools, emergency services, public health and homelessness prevention, and to add an elections outreach specialist position that the county board of elections has recommended.
County Manager Lisa McFadden summarized the proposed spending plan at the hearing, saying the draft includes a general‑fund budget of $183,457,942, a Harnett Regional Water budget of $50,595,000 and a solid‑waste budget of $8,972,554. McFadden said the proposal would use a little over $8 million of appropriated fund balance and would create 14 new general‑fund positions, five positions for Harnett Regional Water, and two positions in solid…
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