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2026-05-21 - Town Council Budget Work Session

Summary

Built from the approved minutes (approved June 23, 2026). The presentation slides appear only as images, so scenario figures are not in the text. The minutes record the final vote as 5-0.

  • Town Manager Vosburg wanted decision points ahead of the June 9 public hearing; Budget Director Hoffman presented the Wake County comparison and tax rate scenarios.
  • Council agreed the 3-cent and zero-cent scenarios were not of interest and focused on 2-cent and 1.75-cent options.
  • Adjourned 1:28 p.m.

Budget Tax Rate Increase

  • Fund balance (20 percent plus $1.4 million against a 25 percent policy), about 30 vacancies, a police corporal position cut, a building inspections vacancy cut and four deferred vehicles were discussed. Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Mahaffey, seconded by Gray, to proceed with a 1.75-cent increase and find 0.18 cent of operating cuts to return to the Community Investment Fund: passed 5-0.

Community Investment Fund

  • Council members said the fund should keep building to a steady state and cuts should be made only when necessary.

District Attorney Position Funding

  • A $168,000 Apex share was set aside: Gray and Mu opposed municipal funding, Reese wanted leadership on the staffing gap, and Council agreed to revisit it later.

Peakway Southwest Widening

  • Taken out of the base scenario; the Tinger Road intersection fix would take about three years.

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