$250K for ABSS added to commissioners’ agenda and approved – in order to forestall...
Alamance County’s commissioners have thrown the local school system a financial lifeline of $250,000 in order to stave off some layoffs that the system’s...
ALAMANCE NEWS EXCLUSIVE: County has given ABSS millions of dollars for roof work, but...
Why does it take ABSS so long to start, or finish, work on roofs?
County commissioners have gotten tired of being blamed by the school...
A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT COMMISSIONERS’ BUDGET RETREAT AND ADMINISTRATORS’ RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES...
A comprehensive look at commissioners' seven-hour budget retreat from Monday, January 29, administrator's recommendations, and commissioner reaction.
Property tax rate should be increased 6.67...
Commissioners increasingly weary of school system’s ‘propaganda,’ ‘disinformation,’ publicity stunts
Commissioners put out their own report to show how much has been allocated to ABSS for roof repairs – and how little they've spent...
Two-thirds of money already approved by commissioners in past 4 years not yet...
Commissioners say they have appropriated $15.6 million, but school officials have used only $4.3 million, less than one-third of available funds
A report that Alamance...
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Close scrutiny reveals unexpected implications of county’s numbers
Fully half of projected budget shortfall is due to higher salaries, more employees
Alamance County’s commissioners were walloped by some rather imposing numbers this week...
15.5% property tax hike being urged by county officials
Alamance County’s commissioners were urged to move the goalposts this week as they reviewed their traditional approach to taxation at a yearly budget “retreat”...
AMONG BIG TICKET ITEMS: Courthouse expansion, new EMS station, higher salaries, buying diversion center
During the daylong commissioners’ meeting, Rebecca Crawford, the county’s budget director Crawford attributed about $8.4 million of next year’s anticipated deficit to increases in...
Consultant’s pay study translates to raises for most county staff
Alamance County’s commissioners have bestowed mid-year pay raises on most of the county’s staff members in response to a pay study that had keyed...
Request from schools for post-storm funds might’ve been nonstarter for county commissioners
The pounding that Tuesday’s rainstorm inflicted on several area schools had left some of Alamance County’s leaders fully expecting that the local school system...
