By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: June 8,2011
Voting along party lines Tuesday night, the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners approved a $1.39 billion budget for fiscal 2012. The budget, OK’d in a 5-4 vote, includes a lower property tax rate of 81.66 cents per $100 in valuation from 83.67 cents per $100 in valuation. It also lowers the county’s law enforcement service district tax rate [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: June 2,2011
County commissioners added $3 million to sales tax projections during the straw vote process for the fiscal 2012 budget Wednesday night. In the straw vote process, commissioners vote on budget line items, but the votes are nonbinding. The results can be ignored or commissioners could change their minds when they officially vote on the budget Tuesday. At [...]
By Scott Baughman
Published: May 31,2011
The Charlotte Knights have slain the lawsuit dragon delaying their new stadium in uptown. Now, the Triple-A ball club must convince some skeptical Mecklenburg County commissioners that the project is still a good use of the land. In their pitch, the Knights are pointing to Indianapolis, a city about 440 miles away, and what they [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: December 15,2010
For those who don’t consider the community value of local parks priceless, The Trust for Public Land has put a dollar value on Mecklenburg County’s parks, recreation centers and greenways: approximately $985 million. In 2009, the assets that fall under the county’s Park and Recreation Department brought $8.2 million to the county and $28 million [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: November 19,2010
Thanks to budget shortfalls, Mecklenburg County facilities, such as recreation centers, libraries and schools, have found themselves on the chopping block. In some neighborhoods, though, the impact is worse than in others. Some communities are losing multiple facilities, which could hurt real estate values and quality of life in those areas. “It’s extremely unfortunate, and [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: November 5,2010
Despite the red wave that swept the House of Representatives across the country Tuesday, the Democrats on the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners were able to hang on to their majority, losing only one seat. Although all six seats held by Democrats on the Board of Commissioners were challenged by Republicans — the three incumbent [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 2,2010
Robb Hudson was frustrated with Mecklenburg County. The North American vice president for Leicestershire, England-based Winbro Group Technologies had hoped the county would take more of an interest in the company when it began shopping this year for a location for its North American headquarters. Winbro considered the Charlotte metropolitan area, including York and Lancaster [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: October 26,2010
(Editor's note: The following is part of The Mecklenburg Times' coverage of the Nov. 2 elections.)
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: October 20,2010
The Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners deferred a vote Tuesday night to give $75,000 to a library task force, saying more time was needed to learn where the money would be going. At the commissioners meeting, county manager Harry Jones requested that the board approve the appropriation out of the county’s contingency fund. The task force, formed this [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: October 8,2010
A look at happenings in local government Commission votes down immigration proposal The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners on Monday voted down a proposal by Commissioner Bill James to request more information from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about how a county organization could report undocumented immigrants seeking assistance for their U.S.-born child. The measure [...]
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