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Durham holds public hearing on FY 2025–26 budget as residents press for transit, safety and housing funding
Summary
City staff opened a public hearing on the manager''s proposed FY2025''6 budget and 2026''31 CIP; residents urged continued fare-free transit, design funding for Roxborough'Mangum safety upgrades, expanded HEART funding, and more affordable housing and park maintenance dollars. Final adoption is scheduled for June 16.
The City Council opened a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2025''6 budget and the FY2026''31 capital improvement plan on Monday evening, with budget staff reiterating the manager''s proposal and members of the public offering comments for council consideration.
City budget staff told the council the proposed property tax rate is 43.71 cents per $100 of assessed value, a decrease from the current rate of 59.62 cents but 5.48 cents higher than the revenue-neutral rate of 38.23 cents. The city manager''s proposed budget was presented May 19; the council set final adoption for Monday, June 16.
Speakers at the hearing urged the council to keep transit fare-free, to fully fund or expand the HEART nonpolice…
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