Read extensive coverage from 10 hours of county commissioner meetings during budget workshops on Monday and Tuesday, June 9 and 10.
• Discovery of new revenues late in process energizes commissioners, who had been struggling with tight projections all around: https://alamancenews.com/commissioners-appear-ready-to-spend-windfall-of-new-revenues-in-fund-balance-still-pondering-tax-rate-options/
• Staff punches holes in commissioner Ed Priola’s alternative, no-tax-increase budget plan: https://alamancenews.com/county-administrators-eviscerate-commissioners-alternative-budget/
• Rural fire departments defend proposed rate increases to fund their services: https://alamancenews.com/commissioners-grill-rural-fire-chiefs-on-proposed-hikes-in-district-tax-rates/
Check back later on Saturday for a preview of the four budget options commissioners could consider at Monday night’s meeting.
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