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Mooresville adopts FY2026 budget with new employee pay, higher waste and utility fees
Summary
The Mooresville Board of Commissioners approved the town's fiscal 2026 budget June 2, keeping property tax rate unchanged while adding employee pay and benefit changes, increasing solid-waste and utility fees and funding 24 new benefited positions.
The Mooresville Board of Commissioners approved the town's fiscal 2026 budget on June 2, adopting changes that include additional staff, new pay and benefit adjustments, an increase in solid-waste fees and an increase to water and sewer rates effective January 1, 2026.
Town Manager Tracy Jerome said the final property valuations produced a positive change in revenues but that the town would not change this year's property-tax rate; she told the board the rate will remain at the current level (not specified in the presentation). "There is no change to this year's property tax," Jerome said.
The budget matter matters because it funds the town's operations for the coming year and includes several…
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