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Council holds public hearing on FY 2025–26 proposed $53 million budget; adoption set for April 17
Summary
Town staff presented the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget totaling about $53 million — including a $48 million general fund — and highlighted public-safety spending, street resurfacing and 11 proposed new positions. Council closed the hearing and scheduled adoption for April 17.
Town staff presented a high-level overview of the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget at a public hearing; council closed the hearing and said it will vote on adoption at its April 17 meeting.
Connie, the town staff member who presented the budget, said the total proposed budget is $53,000,000, composed of approximately $48,000,000 in general fund dollars, about $2,000,000 in Powell Bill funds and $3,000,000 for building-inspection-related funds (as described in the presentation). The presenter said the proposed general fund revenue begins with property tax (with the tax rate remaining the same at $0.27 per $100 of assessed value), followed by sales and use tax, fire district fees (paid by the full fire district, not only town residents), loan proceeds for two new fire apparatus, franchise tax, interest income and smaller revenue categories.
On the expense side, staff said the largest shares of the general fund go to public-safety departments (police and fire). The presentation listed several highlights: replacement of some police vehicles and one new police vehicle for a position; continuation of a traffic-light generator program; replacement of two approximately 20-year-old fire apparatus funded with loan proceeds; $2,950,000 proposed for street resurfacing (funded by municipal vehicle/powell bill/other transportation dollars) and continuation of the town’s program to resurface about 5% of roads annually; $250,000 for parks, recreation and cultural-facility renovations; and 11 proposed new positions including two for police, one for economic/business development, a custodian, an IT service-desk coordinator, three fire captains and three fire apparatus engineers. The presentation also noted a plan to retire debt on the Leland Cultural Arts Center building.
The public hearing was closed after the presentation and the presenter reminded the public that council would vote to adopt the budget on April 17 at 6:00 p.m. No public commenters signed up during the hearing.
