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Board of Commissioners Budget Scoping Session-5:30 p.m.

Town of Pittsboro · 1. Board of Commissioners (BOC)
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Budget session Budget and appropriationsPublic facilitiesRoads and transportationStormwater and floodingComprehensive planContracts and procurementEnvironment and sustainabilityHousing and affordabilityParks and recreation

Agenda document Minutes Watch Meeting recap

What's on this agenda

Pittsboro's commissioners opened the FY 2026-27 budget on December 3 with a list of recommended projects that runs to seventeen items, most of them parks and streets. The named priorities from individual commissioners were narrower and more pointed.

One commissioner asked for a 5 percent commitment to affordable housing investment, along with better audio at board meetings, sound absorption at the Community House, composting toilets in parks, and a small area plan spreadsheet showing revenues, expenditures and liabilities so the board can see what it has already committed to.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

Other requests: a Fire Tower Road connection to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, affordable housing downtown, and doing something with the space behind the shops on Hillsboro Street. The mayor pro tem raised fiscal responsibility and affordable housing. The mayor asked that staff pay, benefits and training keep the town an employer of choice, and raised downtown trolley service.

The recommended capital list covers Lewis Freeman Park, Kiwanis Park and Knight Farm Park upgrades, McClenahan Park improvements including a laydown yard, the RAFI building and baseball lights, Mary Hayes Barber Holmes Park, East Street beautification, Rock Ridge Park restrooms, general playground funding, a public works building, annual street resurfacing, the 15/501 widening and downtown streetscape, sidewalks on Town Lake Highway 87 and Salisbury Street, wayfinding signage, pedestrian crossings and ADA improvements, the RAISE project, a storm drainage culvert at Pittsboro Elementary School Road, and design work for a new town hall.

Vehicles and equipment proposed are an F-150 hybrid truck, an electric vehicle, a hook lift truck, a patrol vehicle and event barricades.

After a stormwater presentation the board asked for more numbers, resources and a prioritisation list for the budget session.

The calendar: staff develop the budget in January and February, the board holds a retreat on April 7, the public hearing is May 11 and adoption is June 8.

How the votes went

Two procedural votes, both 3-0: adopting the agenda and adjourning. Two commissioners were absent.

From the published minutes.

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Agenda items (6)

Presentation · 3Staff or committee report · 2Discussion item · 1
  1. 2 Budget Schedule for Fiscal Year 2026-2027
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriations
    Staff budget development runs January through February, the board's budget retreat is April 7, the public hearing is May 11 and adoption is June 8.
  2. 3.I Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Capital Improvement Program Projects
    Staff or committee report Budget and appropriationsPublic facilities
    A review of capital projects in progress or completed in the current fiscal year.
  3. 3.II Recommended Projects for FY 2026-27
    Presentation Budget and appropriationsParks and recreationPublic facilitiesRoads and transportationStormwater and flooding
    Seventeen recommended projects: park upgrades at Lewis Freeman, Kiwanis, Knight Farm, McClenahan and Mary Hayes Barber Holmes; East Street beautification; Rock Ridge Park restrooms; general playground funding; a public works building; street resurfacing; the 15/501 widening and downtown streetscape; sidewalks on Town Lake Highway 87 and Salisbury Street; wayfinding signage; crossings and ADA improvements; the RAISE project; a storm drainage culvert at Pittsboro Elementary School Road; and town hall design work.
  4. 3.III Recommended Vehicles and Equipment FY 2026-27
    Presentation Budget and appropriationsContracts and procurement
    An F-150 hybrid truck, an electric vehicle, a hook lift truck, a patrol vehicle and event barricades.
  5. 3.IV Stormwater Presentation
    Presentation Budget and appropriationsEnvironment and sustainabilityStormwater and flooding
    A stormwater and environmental update. The board asked about costs and requested more figures, resources and a prioritisation list for the budget session.
  6. 3.V Board of Commissioners Priorities Discussion
    Discussion item Budget and appropriationsComprehensive planHousing and affordabilityRoads and transportation
    Individual priorities: a 5 percent commitment to affordable housing investment, better meeting audio, sound absorption at the Community House, a small area plan spreadsheet showing revenues, expenditures and liabilities, park composting toilets, a Fire Tower Road connection to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, downtown affordable housing, use of the space behind the Hillsboro Street shops, staff pay and training to stay an employer of choice, and downtown trolley service.

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