Elon town council unanimously adopts budget with 5¢ property tax hike
Elon’s town council has approved a new annual budget that increases the town’s property tax rate by 5 cents to help bankroll $13.6 million...
Local governments vary on revenue assumptions
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Economic forecasting is a notoriously dicey way to make a living.
One joke that those in...
Elon town council debates whether to crack down on RVs parked in town’s residential...
Elon’s town council has laid out a road map for some regulatory changes that its members hope will address resident complaints about the municipality’s...
Elon town council OKs mgr.’s 5¢ property tax increase
The financial anxieties of municipal staff members wound up stealing the show on Tuesday when Elon’s town council held a public hearing about the...
Plan for EV charging station in Elon gets boost from council
Elon’s town council has agreed to surge ahead with an EV enthusiast’s proposal to set up a small charging station for electric vehicles on...
Elon town council narrowly rejects even higher property tax rate for next budget
Council defeats motion for 7¢ tax rate hike, rather than 5¢ recommended by town manager
A bare majority of Elon’s town council has tentatively...
Elon’s council makes U-turn in favor of paid parking
Elon’s chief of police has unholstered a plan that could introduce paid parking to the municipality’s bustling downtown in order to bring additional revenue...
Elon councilman feels town should ramp up property tax hike in order to beat...
The looming threat of state-level restrictions on local property tax hikes has thrown Elon’s municipal leaders into a frenzy of brainstorming as they struggle...
Town of Elon, Elon University appear to have resolved dispute over fire inspections
Elon University withheld payments to municipality for months
A dispute over fire inspections has given Elon’s municipal leaders a newfound appreciation for the tenuousness...
Mission success ends Elon’s foray into ‘diversity, equity, belonging’
In some places, a backlash against “woke” public policy has put an end to initiatives that promote “diversity” and “equity.” In Elon, however, it’s...
