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Town manager recommends 2¢ property tax increase to cash-fund fire station and parks projects
Summary
At a Fuquay Varina town board budget workshop, Town Manager Adam Mitchell recommended a 2¢ property-tax increase—raising the municipal rate from 35.8¢ to 37.8¢—to cash-fund four priority capital projects including Fire Station 5 and the Fleming Loop turf and pickleball courts. The board signaled general support; formal adoption is scheduled for June 1.
Town Manager Adam Mitchell told the Fuquay Varina Town Board during a budget workshop that the draft FY27 budget recommends adding 2¢ to the current property tax rate of 35.8¢ to support quality-of-life and public-safety capital projects. "This draft budget tonight recommends, adding 2¢ to the current property tax rate of 35.8¢ to support quality of life and public safety capital projects," Mitchell said.
Mitchell said the 2¢ increase would be dedicated to cash funding portions of four projects: converting Fleming Loop fields to turf and adding pickleball courts (a total project cost with grants estimated at roughly $10 million, including a $4.25 million Wake County hospitality-tax grant), renovating and expanding the South Park Community Center, constructing Kennebec Road Town Park, and acquiring…
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