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Mooresville CFO warns revenues flattening; board weighs fee increases for solid waste and stormwater
Summary
Town CFO Chris Quinn told the board that property and sales tax growth is flattening and presented fee and tax options — including raising the residential solid waste fee, indexing fees for inflation, and a proposed 2 percentage-point increase in occupancy tax — as ways to close an estimated gap in next year’s budget.
Chris Quinn, the town’s finance director, told the Mooresville town board that core revenues are close to projections but are flattening, and that ongoing expense growth could require difficult budget decisions. "Our revenues are coming in as expected," Quinn said during a budget presentation that reviewed data through Dec. 31 and a preliminary look at January figures.
Quinn said the general fund, utility fund and stormwater fund are performing largely as expected through midyear, but cautioned that revenue gains from recent approvals, such as the Mooresville Village development, can take years to show in property-tax receipts. He also showed that the town’s sales-tax growth has moderated to roughly 3% year-over-year, while occupancy taxes rose after a…
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