Lots of budget-retreat discussion; were additional expenditures listed to lay groundwork for future property tax increase?

County commissioners huddled with the county’s top bureaucrats on Monday, to hear lots about future requests for spending on the horizon.  Is it all in order to lay groundwork for (another) property tax increase?

Read these stories:

• Daylong retreat filled with tales of coming expenses: https://alamancenews.com/commissioners-spend-daylong-retreat-hearing-budget-issues/

• Commissioners hear of payroll error that gave some workers $470,000 more than they were entitled to over past seven months: https://alamancenews.com/commissioners-decide-to-leave-in-place-500k-payroll-overpayment-error-to-county-workers/

[And our editorial page views on that decision, Alamance County apparently needs its own DOGE: https://alamancenews.com/alamance-county-apparently-needs-its-own-doge/]

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• Local option sales tax referendum discussion draws mixed reviews: https://alamancenews.com/resurrection-of-sales-tax-referendum-gets-mixed-response-from-commissioners/

• Among biggest-ticket items, maintenance expense projections for ABSS outlined: https://alamancenews.com/commissioners-mull-more-funds-for-maintenance-of-area-schools/

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