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FY 2026 Recommended Budget

FY 2025 Strategic Plan

The Board of Commissioners uses budget workshops to review and discuss various components of the proposed budget, ask questions, and consider impacts to residents and services before final adoption.

Align spending with the Board’s strategic priorities
Maintain a revenue-neutral General Fund tax rate
Implement efficient, necessary fee changes
Ensure a balanced budget based on operating within available resources
Address current and projected economic conditions

It means the tax rate is adjusted to generate the same amount of revenue as the previous year, even if property values have changed due to revaluation.

Yes. Proposed changes include:

Library services: Estimated overall increase of $350
Location Services: 15% increase due to material inflation
Public Health: Annual review; changes as needed
Planning & Inspections: Description updates with no financial impact

33¢ – Human Services
27¢ – Education
20¢ – Public Safety
15¢ – General Government
3¢ – Cultural & Recreation
2¢ – Economic & Physical Development

Public safety costs are proposed to increase by 7.3%, including salary increases for entry-level and lateral hires in the Sheriff’s Office. New officers through the lieutenant rank could see a base pay increase of $3,000, from $50,750 to $53,750. The adjustment would also apply to existing staff in those ranks. The budget also supports School Resource Officers, Fire Departments and Emergency Services.

Yes. The Board discussed increased funding needs for recreation and fire services in unincorporated areas. Capital improvements for these services will see increased allocations.

Watch upcoming workshops via livestream.
Attend meetings in person.
Speak during the public hearing.

The Board has requested future conversations on E.E. Smith High School. They’ve also asked to review attrition in the Sheriff’s Office, and a five-year look at vacancy and hiring rates in that department.

Cumberland County Commissioners Budget Meeting Schedule

May 23, 2024, 17:55 PM by Diane Rice

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Cumberland County Manager Clarence Grier will present the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget tonight, May 23, at 7 p.m. in Room 118 of the Judge E. Maurice Braswell Cumberland County Courthouse, located at 117 Dick St., Fayetteville.

The budget presentation will be live streamed on CCNC-TV through the County’s website at cumberlandcountync.gov, YouTube Channel and on CCNCTV Spectrum Channel 5.

The Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget Wednesday, June 5 at 7 p.m. in Room 118 of the Courthouse. Citizens who wish to comment on the proposed budget during the public hearing must sign up prior to the start of the meeting. A sign-up sheet will be available in the room. Individuals may also call the Clerk to the Board at 910-678-7771 or email atebbe@cumberlandcountync.gov, or sign up on the County’s website at

cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/commissioners-group/commissioners/register-to-speak/public-hearings.

Per Statute, Commissioners may adopt the 2025 budget no earlier than 10 days after it is presented.

The schedule for budget work sessions is listed below:

Budget Work Sessions & Public Hearings

Work Session: Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 564
Public Hearing & Optional Work Session: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 7 p.m. in Room 118
Work Session (if needed): Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 564
Work Session (if needed): Wednesday, June 19, 2024 5:30 p.m. in Room 564
Work Session (if needed): Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 1 p.m. in Room 564

Cumberland County Board of Commissioners meetings (including the above budget meetings) are streamed live on CCNCTV (Spectrum Channel 5), the County’s website cumberlandcountync.gov and the County’s YouTube channel at youtube.com/CumberlandCountyNC.

Contact Us


Phone:	910-678-7744	Address: 117 Dick Street Fayetteville, NC 28301


Email:
Director:	Deborah W. Shaw

Contact Us


Phone:	910-678-7744
Email:
Director:	Deborah W. Shaw
Address:	117 Dick Street Fayetteville, NC 28301