Pittsboro passes $13,435,807 budget – 42.8% increase from last year
by Casey Mann, Senior Correspondent The town of Pittsboro Board of Commissioners passed a more than $13 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year, marking a nearly 43% increase from the previous year. According to Town Manager Chris Kennedy’s presentation ...
Chatham County Approves $150 Million Budget
by Casey Mann, Senior Correspondent Chatham County has approved its $150 million budget which is an increase of about $17 million from the previous year’s budget. With increased revenue from an estimated 14% increase in property values due to growth ...
The Chatham County Budget: Where Does The Money Come From?
Deep dive: Chatham County by the numbers (Part 3) by Casey Mann, Senior Correspondent Parts 1 and 2 available online at ChathamCountyLine.org The Chatham County Line has taken a deep dive into the inner workings of Chatham County’s budget, providing an overview ...
Chatham County’s COVID Funds
by Casey Mann, Senior Correspondent Chatham County received close to $3 million COVID relief funding from the state. The funding comes with restrictions as to how it can be spent including: The expenses must be incurred in response to the ...
The Chatham County Budget: Where does the money come from?
Deep Dive: Chatham County by the numbers (Part 2) by Casey Mann, Senior Correspondent As we continue our series on the sausage making of the county’s budget, we will be looking into revenues which is the money that supports the ...
The Chatham County Budget
by Casey Mann, Senior Correspondent DEEP DIVE: CHATHAM COUNTY BY THE NUMBERS (PART 1 IN A SERIES) Budgets can be complicated and boring. For many of us, the big questions about the annual county budget revolve around how much will ...