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Red Springs commissioners review FY2025–26 priorities; board resists outsourcing trash
Summary
During the June 9 recessed meeting, the board reviewed line items for the FY2025–26 proposed budget, directed staff to add a 6% reserve to funds and a 2.5% COLA for employees, and rejected outsourcing residential trash service due to concerns about fee increases and service changes.
At the June 9 meeting the Town of Red Springs Board of Commissioners and Town Manager Shanelle Harris reviewed multiple proposed FY2025–26 budget items, including general fund revenues, Powell Bill expense, streets, sanitation, water and wastewater, town debt, personnel reclassifications, and departmental reserves.
Town Manager Harris recommended outsourcing residential trash collection as a cost-saving measure, citing weekly per-household and per-truck figures; the board opposed outsourcing over concerns about higher fees for residents and changes to existing service. The minutes summarize the current per-household weekly cost as roughly "$4.05" and mention an alternative per-truck weekly cost of "$5.04," both presented during the discussion; the minutes do not provide a clear comparative analysis or final vendor figures.
The board directed the manager to add a six percent reserve to all funds and to include a 2.5% cost-of-living raise for all employees. The minutes also record guidance to include no new vehicles in the budget, not to use Powell Bill funds for salaries, and to produce an official positions list and the total cost of proposed raises.
These decisions set priorities that will shape the town’s budget balancing: modest across-the-board raises and increased reserves, while rejecting a proposed service outsourcing that manager staff had said could reduce some operating costs.
Next step: the board recessed and will reconvene June 16, 2025, to continue budget deliberations.
