Budget and appropriations items in Town of Cary, between 12 Oct 2025 and 12 Oct 2026
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| Budget and appropriations | 87 |
| Parks and recreation | 13 |
| Tax rate and revaluation | 13 |
| Roads and transportation | 12 |
| Public facilities | 11 |
| Contracts and procurement | 9 |
| Bonds and debt | 8 |
| Fire and EMS | 8 |
| Appointments and personnel | 7 |
| Housing and affordability | 7 |
| Water and sewer | 7 |
| Arts and public art | 6 |
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Approved on consentConsent agenda Budget and appropriations
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A $2,367,765 appropriation from capital reserve to the general fund to cover the arbitrage rebate Cary owed the federal government. Unspent proceeds from the 2021 tax-exempt bonds earned more interest than federal limits allow, and the payment was made before the 2 August deadline.Approved on consent
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CAMPO's 2027 revenue and expenditure budgets are revised for changes in partner participation. Cary is the lead planning agency and carries CAMPO's budget inside its own ordinance; none of it is Cary money.Approved on consent
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A $25,000 amendment to Brown and Caldwell's design contract for a value engineering review of an aerated sludge holding tank, whose estimated cost is running about $4 million over budget at halfway through design. The plant serves Cary, Apex, Morrisville and Wake County's part of Research Triangle Park.Approved on consent
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The quarterly's main block: an account of the NC 55 water main break, unaudited fourth-quarter financials, a debt and credit rating discussion with Davenport, a legislative update on the session just ended, and a prioritization exercise on the council's work plan for the rest of the fiscal year.
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Training on fund balance, taken as one of the recommendations from the state auditor's report on the town.
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Speaker : Jamie Revels, Utilities Executive Summary : Cary provided oversize reimbursement in accordance with Standard Procedure 144 to Panther Creek, LLC, which, as part of the Channing Park development, provided Cary with 12-inch and 20-inch reclaimed water mains. Oversize reimbursements allow Cary to compensate dev…
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Speaker : Jamie Revels, Utilities Executive Summary: Cary’s automated meter infrastructure (AMI) system, known as Aquastar, uses a combination of advanced water meters and a radio network to remotely collect water meter readings, improving the efficiency and accuracy of the meter-reading process. Cary’s AMI system has…
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Speaker : Terry Sult, Police Executive Summary: The 2025 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) provides $13,483 in federal funding, with no local match required, to equip the Cary Police Department’s Technology Resource and Support Vehicle with portable power stations and rapid deploy kits that ensure officers have reliable…
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** Please note the staff report was updated on 8/25/26 and those changes are shown in red.** Speaker : John Collins, Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Executive Summary: Cary has successfully hosted and helped grow a Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) tournament since 2024, including a higher-level PPA…
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Speaker: Kimberly Branch, Finance Executive Summary: Staff requests Council approval of commercial property, commercial liability, and inland marine insurance policies with Trident Public Risk Solutions for the 2026-2027 policy year. Cary procured these policies through an existing agreement with broker USI Insurance…
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Funding for a historic preservation master plan was approved in the 2027 budget. Staff described it as a vision document within the Imagine Cary Community Plan, with a request for proposals due this autumn and, if funding allows, a strategic plan component and updated design guidelines. It will take a substantial shar…
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Speaker : Scot Berry, Town Manager’s Office Executive Summary: Cary's Salesforce licensing agreement expires July 31, 2026. Staff recommends renewal for fiscal year 2027 at a cost of $1,625,854.56, a 2.9% increase over the prior year. Salesforce serves as Cary’s primary platform for resident services, permitting, publ…
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Staff overview of public art projects underway and coming up.
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Speaker: Russ Overton, Town Manager’s Office Executive Summary : On May 14, 2026, Cary’s interim town manager presented the Fiscal Year 2027 Recommended Budget to Council at the quarterly meeting . Community input on the budget has been encouraged and reported throughout the year. A statutorily required budget public…
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The interim town manager's update.
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The town entered a wireless equipment agreement with Verizon.
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The council authorized new installment purchase debt.
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Pre-registered speakers and written comments for the budget hearing.Procedural Budget and appropriations
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Staff presented the $573.5 million FY27 recommended budget, up 12.2% from the current year, including a 3.75-cent property tax increase, a $2 solid waste fee increase and a 4% utility rate increase.
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The property owner at 4312 Jacobs Creek Lane petitioned to annex 8.99 acres into Cary.
Case 25-A-09to R-40W · Approved
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Staff recommended appointing Cherry Bekaert LLP as the town's independent auditor following a competitive review, with staff to return later with options for additional fraud-risk and internal-control reviews.
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The parks and administration report for June. The board also walked Godbold Park, where a member noted the Black Creek Greenway crossing is used as a model crosswalk for Wake County, and toured Cary Action Sports — new ramps and materials, phased building work, pump tracks elsewhere, and how operating cost compares wi…
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Public hearing Budget and appropriations
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Speaker: Stacey Teachey, Town Manager’s Office Executive Summary : On May 14, 2026, Cary’s interim town manager presented the Recommended Fiscal Year 2027 Budget to Council at a quarterly meeting. N otification of public input opportunities was conducted through a variety of channels and included publishing articles i…
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Staff previewed the draft development agreement for Austin Yards, a 46.3-acre mixed-use project on land jointly owned by the town and Heritage Capital, including a tax-reimbursement structure capped at 12 years and a roughly 40,000-square-foot passive park created through an associated land swap. Staff then reviewed F…
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Staff's budget presentation covers FY 2026 and FY 2027 cuts, the drop in the Wake County tax base, about $2.5 million in further operating cuts, and about $10.5 million in General Fund-backed capital projects the council could revisit.Discussed; staff to bring more detail to the May 28 work session
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Interim Town Manager Russ Overton framed the FY2027 recommended budget around council's February retreat priorities of community safety, capital investment, high-performing staff, affordability and service levels, and noted national inflation and state legislative pressure on local property tax authority as backdrop.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriations
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Staff presented results of the 2026 biennial citizen survey, run since 1998 in partnership with an outside researcher, covering resident satisfaction with town services and communications.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsHousing and affordabilityPolice and public safetyRoads and transportation
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Staff presented results of the town's employee engagement survey. About half of respondents said they feel optimistic about the organization's future, roughly a third said they trust leadership and see a clear direction, and fewer respondents believe promotions are based on merit and qualifications.
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Finance Director Kimberly Branch gave the Q3 financial update: general and utility fund revenues outperforming expenditures through March 31, continued sales tax growth, moderating property tax revenue growth, and two finalists remaining in the town's external auditor selection.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriations
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Staff presented the manager's recommended FY2027 operating and capital budget: a $329.7 million general fund, a property tax rate of 37.75 cents per $100 (a 3.75-cent increase), a solid waste and recycling fee rising to $28 a month, and a 4% utility rate increase. Staff described it as the largest public-safety invest…
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The agenda listed a miscellaneous report as a possible final item, but the transcript shows discussion moving directly from the budget to a motion for closed session, with no separate miscellaneous item taken up.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriations
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Speaker: Russ Overton, Interim Town ManagerPresentation Budget and appropriations
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S peaker: Sco t Berry, Assistant Town Manager
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Speaker: Mark Lawson, Cary Chamber of Commerce P resident
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Speaker : Jamie Revels, Utilities Executive Summary: The Utilities and Public Works departments share space at the Garmon Operations Center at 400 James Jackson Avenue. As Cary’s service area and operational demands grow, the existing facility has struggled to accommodate long-term space and service needs. In February…
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Speaker : Margaret Moore, Budget Executive Summary: As the lead planning agency for the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), Cary provides budget and financial support to CAMPO and includes CAMPO’s budget in Cary’s annual budget ordinance. CAMPO has identified the need for additional funding for du…
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Speaker : Mary Lederle, Planning and Community Development Executive Summary : Cary uses a blend of federal and local funds to further housing initiatives in high-impact strategy areas, including new housing opportunities, housing preservation, and housing stability support. Each year, Cary invites organizations worki…
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Speaker : John Collins, Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources Executive Summary: Cary has successfully hosted and grown The Soccer Tournament (TST), a Town-recognized event, since 2023 and has recently signed a long-term agreement to host the event in Cary at WakeMed Soccer Park through 2029. As part of the agreem…
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A briefing on ACT 37 and ACT 38, which fold the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources System Plan and the Bike Plan into the Engage and Move chapters of the Imagine Cary Community Plan and amend the land development ordinance to match. Staff sought the council's input before the public hearing that Thursday.Discussed; public hearing held two days later
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B.1 Budget EducationStaff present a budget education exercise, walking board members through how the town's budget works and how planning decisions affect it.Presentation Budget and appropriations
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After a budget presentation from Dana Kennedy, the committee voted on budget priorities, with the result going to the town council.
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Interim manager Russ Overcash recapped the same-day work session on the Citizen Convenience Center and delegation of authority for staff spending, and reminded residents that input on the fiscal year 2027 budget is open through adoption in late June; the proposed budget goes to council May 14 with two public budget he…Staff or committee report Budget and appropriations
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Staff reviewed proposed changes to upcoming quarterly meeting dates; a motion to move the November meeting was withdrawn for lack of confirmed availability. Staff then presented three options for relocating convenience-center services out of a North Carolina Railroad right-of-way the town must vacate by December 30, 2…
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Dana Kennedy, PRCR Assistant Director
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Speaker: Renee Poole No advanced preparation is required.Presentation Budget and appropriations
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A budget input presentation, giving the board a chance to comment on the FY 2027 budget before it went to council.Presentation Budget and appropriations
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The committee's March 19 minutes record a budget exercise ranking facility maintenance, new capital investment and fiscal responsibility as its top values, plus planning for the town's 100 Miles of Greenways celebration and a Spring Daze booth. No members of the public spoke.
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Staff presented the second iteration of the fiscal year 2027 capital budget, now reduced to about $84 million from $138 million in initial department requests, and walked through funding-source restrictions, a roughly $40 million backlog of deferred 'not currently funded' projects, and a state law capping town crews a…
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A staff handout summarizing public input received to date on the fiscal year 2027 budget (the 'pulse report') was included in the packet; the mayor noted it at the close of the meeting but it was not presented in detail.Staff or committee report Budget and appropriations
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Cassie Schumacher-Georgopoulos walked the committee through early FY2027 budget planning and ran a quadratic-voting exercise on spending priorities. Members ranked maintaining facilities, new capital investment and fiscal responsibility highest; the town holds a budget open house April 7.
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Speaker : Jamie Revels, Utilities Executive Summary: Cary is renovating the Harrison Avenue water tank, applying new coatings to the interior and exterior. Wireless carriers with equipment co-located on the tank were required to remove their equipment for this work. All three carriers, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon, hav…
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Staff opened the first of two capital budget work sessions, reviewing spending on the roughly $751 million capital budget and asking council to informally prioritize about 68 previously unfunded requests. Construction-cost inflation has raised the Carpenter Road widening estimate to about $22 million, above what 2019…
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Speaker: Heather Whelehan, Director of Planning and Community Development
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2. CLG GrantSpeaker: Rachel Smith, Principal Planner
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Speaker: Danna Widmar, Assistant Town Manager
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Speaker: All ison Hutchins, Director of Learning & Organizational Devel opment
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Speaker: Michelle Ba rrett, Staff Liaison
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The board reviews the town's preliminary FY 2027 budget outlook, including departmental position requests and Cary's property tax rate compared with neighboring towns, ahead of the council's May budget schedule.
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Staff walked council through financial trends, including a fund balance ratio that has dropped from 57% in 2021 to 41% in 2025 and a revenue-neutral property tax model tied to the next property revaluation. Council then ranked roughly ten potential budget priorities, such as affordability, fiscal responsibility, servi…
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Interim Town Manager Russ Overton welcomed council to the 2026 retreat and outlined the two-day agenda: values and community identity on day one, financial updates and budget priorities on day two.Presentation Budget and appropriations
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2.4 Service LevelsDepartment directors held a panel-style discussion on service levels, responding to question prompts council had submitted in advance.
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Staff said the Optimist Farm Greenway and Higgins IV Greenway are both under consideration in the upcoming town budget, and that advocating for greenway-gap funding generally is more effective than targeting specific gaps.Staff or committee report Arts and public artBudget and appropriationsParks and recreationRoads and transportation
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Speaker : Kimberly Branch, Finance, and Lee Ann Watters, audit director from Cherry Bekaert LLP (auditors) Executive Summary : Each year, Cary prepares year-end financial statements to report on financial outcomes and to ensure accountability in the utilization of funds. Those statements are audited by an independent…Staff or committee report Budget and appropriations
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Speaker : Jimmy Simpson, Public Works Executive Summary: During the repair of the Walnut Street Parking Deck, Cary constructed a gravel parking lot for overflow and construction vehicle parking on adjacent property owned by Academy Park Commercial LLC. Per the amendment to the Downtown Development Project Agreement wi…
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Speaker : Russ Overton, Town Manager’s Office Executive Summary: At the recommendation of Cary’s prior town manager, the fiscal year 2026 budget only funds Cary’s pay-for-performance employee compensation program at an average 3% merit-based increase, a 2% decrease from last year. Underfunding the merit program makes…
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Staff presented three options for relocating Citizens Convenience Center services ahead of a December 2026 deadline to vacate a North Carolina Railroad right-of-way needed for a rail-siding project: close the site to the public entirely, keep yard-waste and food-waste drop-off on the current North Dixon Avenue site, o…
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Finance director Kimberly Branch walked the council through the draft fiscal year 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), covering the town's $1.9 billion total net position, a general fund balance of about $106 million (41% of budgeted expenditures, above the town's 33.33% policy floor), and key schedules…Staff or committee report Budget and appropriations
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Speaker: Lori Bush No advance preparation necessary.
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An update on the department's capital budget request for fiscal year 2027: $21 million, split between $8 million for maintenance and $13 million for improvements and new projects.
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An overview of how the department's operating budget moves through approval and how revenue is categorized. The department's current operating budget is $29.5 million, about a tenth of the town's overall budget.
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Speaker : Russ Overton, Town Manager’s Office Executive Summary: On Nov. 20, 2025, the Cary Town Council voted unanimously to immediately place the town manager on paid administrative leave, and the manager officially resigned on Dec. 13, 2025. In response to the resignation and to gain a deeper understanding of the m…
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A council member asked to revisit a decision from two weeks earlier authorizing up to $125,000 to fence and landscape a temporary gravel parking lot on Walnut Street, saying she had unanswered questions after the fact. Staff explained the lot must eventually include paved ADA-compliant spaces regardless of the option…
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Staff reviewed the town's current budget document with council as a learning exercise ahead of the coming budget cycle, and covered the year's budget development schedule. A housing update on Chatham Estates, a 144-unit mobile home community of about 700 mostly Hispanic or Latino, low-income residents facing redevelop…
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Staff presentation slides accompanying the housing/Chatham Estates and budget document discussions.
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Interim staff gave a manager's update touching on changes to service and budget reporting and updates to the town's website and YouTube channel.
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Speaker : Jimmy Simpson, Public Works Executive Summary: During the repair of the Walnut Street Parking Deck, Cary constructed a gravel parking lot for overflow and construction vehicle parking on adjacent property owned by Academy Park Commercial LLC. Per the amendment to the Downtown Development Project Agreement wi…
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Council adopted an amended work-session agenda adding two council-initiated items, reviewed the upcoming meeting schedule, and heard a kickoff presentation on the FY27 budget process, plus a Wake County EMS briefing on upcoming tiered-response protocol changes.
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Two council-initiated items, prompted by recent public concern over town spending and land purchases: one asked staff to review the town manager's spending authority, professional-development policy, budget-reallocation approval for special projects like land purchases, and senior-staff travel/spending review; the oth…
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Mayor Michael Wynberg detailed the council's November 20 closed-session decision to place Town Manager Sean Stegall on administrative leave over spending and financial-reporting concerns, lack of transparency, and workplace-culture issues, ahead of Stegall's resignation. Deputy Town Manager Russ Overton was then sworn…Sworn in
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Speaker : Shelley Curran, Town Manager’s Office Executive Summary: Portions of t he Citizen ’ s Convenience Center are located within the North Carolina Railroad right-of-way. NCRR has notified Cary that they require full use of their corridor, which means Cary must remove convenience center operations from their righ…
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Staff introduced the concept of a South Hills Municipal Service District, an additional tax on the roughly 44-acre South Hills redevelopment property to fund enhanced public improvements, ahead of a formal staff-report request expected in January. Staff also previewed the 2026 biennial citizen survey and gave a proper…
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The 2026 work plan and its focus areas. Members asked whether the board has its own budget — it does not — and discussed an app or map guiding people to specific artwork. Staff noted the public art webpage already carries an interactive map of the collection and the town shares a walking tour app with Downtown Cary Pa…Approved without objection
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Staff reviewed how the committee's role has changed and asked members what they expect from it. Members said they had hoped for an advise-and-consent role, questioned whether the committee has meaningful impact, and said good ideas do not move forward. Staff said budget and capacity have slowed new programming and ask…
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II.C FinanceProperty tax collections held at about 99.9 percent, consistent with prior years. Total revenue rose 18 percent in FY 2025 over FY 2024, with a 36 percent increase attributable to an eight-cent property tax rate rise.
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II.E BudgetReassessed capital projects returned $46.9 million: $15 million to the general fund balance and $31.9 million to capital reserve, of which $18.2 million is restricted transportation funding, $7.6 million restricted to parks from developer payments in lieu, and $6.1 million unrestricted. Staff proposed quadratic voting…Presentation Budget and appropriations
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