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About last night…
Read more: About last night…For those of you who asked about the slips of paper I gave the council members during last night’s meeting – it’s a comparison of the expenditures per resident for Jamestown, Wallburg, Archdale, Trinity, Lexington, Gibsonville, Elon, Lewisville, Clemmons and Thomasville. The numbers speak for themselves: The data was pulled from a chart on page…
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Show me the sway
Read more: Show me the swayAn apology is in order. I have been so focused on tax rates, property valuations, sheriff contracts, water meters, sidewalks, water rates, grant funds and compensation, that I’ve fallen behind in my goal to be as transparent as possible when it comes to sharing information and updates on the work of this Council. So let’s…
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FY27 Budget Talks: Water + Sewer salaries for Jamestown are $1.2M; for Archdale, it’s $800K; for Randleman, $500K
Read more: FY27 Budget Talks: Water + Sewer salaries for Jamestown are $1.2M; for Archdale, it’s $800K; for Randleman, $500KThis is the fifth in a series of outtakes from ongoing discussions and meetings between Jamestown’s town council, staff and community partners re the town’s proposed 2026-27 budget. This post examines Water/Sewer expenditures proposed in the town manager’s 2026-27 budget, along with the 2025-26 expenditures of neighboring PTRWA partners and towns. The chart below shows the…
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FY27 Budget Talks: Snapshot of Jamestown expenses vs Archdale, Midway, Clemmons, Trinity, Randleman
Read more: FY27 Budget Talks: Snapshot of Jamestown expenses vs Archdale, Midway, Clemmons, Trinity, RandlemanThis is the fourth in a series of outtakes from ongoing discussions and meetings between Jamestown’s town council, staff and community partners re the town’s proposed 2026-27 budget. This post presents several expense elements of Jamestown’s proposed 2026-27 budget (salaries, gas/fuel, water/sewer) alongside the 2025-26 budgets of Archdale, Randleman, Midway, Trinity and Clemmons. Scroll down to…
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Residential vs Industrial – who contributes more to Jamestown’s tax base?
Read more: Residential vs Industrial – who contributes more to Jamestown’s tax base?This post expands on the property tax talk from Jamestown’s April 23rd, public budget planning meeting. About 45 minutes into that meeting, Councilman Gibson asked why Jamestown’s tax rate has increased so dramatically over the past eight years (by 28%) compared to other Guilford County municipalities (average 6%). The town manager’s response was that you…
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Town Council’s 2026 Strategic Plan Focus Areas
Read more: Town Council’s 2026 Strategic Plan Focus AreasThe town manager opened the April 23, 2026 Budget Planning session with remarks about how he and the town staff arrived at the first draft of the 2026-27 preliminary budget. About 13 minutes in, he discussed how the Town Council’s “Strategic Plan” is used as a tool to “align staff work with council priorities.” [All…
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Jamestown FY27 Budget Talks: The painful reality of that revaluation & what was said about the tax rate
Read more: Jamestown FY27 Budget Talks: The painful reality of that revaluation & what was said about the tax rateThis is the first in a series of outtakes from ongoing discussions and meetings between Jamestown’s town council, staff and community partners re the town’s proposed 2026-27 budget. This post focuses on the tax rate talk from the Thursday night, April 23rd, public budget planning meeting. On April 23, 2026, the town council met with…
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