Wendell passes budget for next fiscal year

The town of Wendell passed its budget for next fiscal year on Tuesday night during its town board meeting.

The approved budget allocates almost $40 million–$39,321.165–toward achieving five distinct goals; downtown vibrancy, public safety, infrastructure, parks and recreation, and organization culture and communication.

The financial scope of next year’s iteration of the budget represents an almost 20% jump from this current year’s version. This year, the town is operating  on a budget of about $33.7 million. Interestingly, the 2022 budget totaled about $28.08 million.

So, in the span of two budget cycles, the fast-growing town’s operating budget has increased by 40 percent.

The budget passed in a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Braxton Honeycutt casting the only dissenting vote.

The town of Wendell passed its budget for next fiscal year on Tuesday night during its town board meeting.

The approved budget allocates almost $40 million — $39,321.165 — toward achieving five distinct goals: downtown vibrancy, public safety, infrastructure, parks and recreation, and organization culture and communication.

The financial scope of next year’s iteration of the budget represents an almost 20% jump from this current year’s version. This year, the town is operating on a budget of about $33.7 million. Interestingly, the 2022 budget totaled about $28.08 million.

So, in the span of two budget cycles, the fast-growing town’s operating budget has increased by 40 percent.

The budget passed in a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Braxton Honeycutt casting the only dissenting vote.

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