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Public Works director outlines $4.6M operations budget, services and costly capital projects
Summary
Public Works Director Don Cisco told the Hope Mills board the department runs six budgets totaling about $4.6 million, manages cemeteries, sanitation, mosquito control and major capital projects (Bretonwoods resurfacing, East Patterson embank stabilization, Woodland Hill), and faces staffing and CDL recruitment challenges.
Don Cisco, Hope Mills public works director, briefed the board at the May special meeting on the department’s scope, funding and current capital projects.
Cisco said public works operates six distinct budgets (including streets, sanitation and POW bill funds) and that the department’s overall annual budget is about $4.6 million. He described the fleet and asset value (roughly $2 million in vehicles and about $1.4 million in resident trash cans), and outlined core services: streets maintenance, sanitation and recycling, cemetery upkeep, facility maintenance and event support.
Sanitation and recycling: Cisco said weekly trash and recycling services are required by ordinance (Chapter 78) and noted the town’s refuge tax is $323 per household;…
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