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The Raleigh Public Record plans to live up to its name and make all candidate filings easy for voters to access. This will be the first of regular posts providing full text of candidate filings and financial disclosures for Raleigh voters.
The city of Raleigh received federal stimulus funding to install rainwater harvesting systems at nine fire stations in Raleigh, and two other locations in the county.
The Raleigh Public Record is teaming up with ProPublica’s Adopt-a-Stimulus-Project program to track Wake County’s share of the stimulus. This is the first of what will be regular updates on how the city, county and state are using federal stimulus funds in the area.
Council passes its new budget Tuesday with $1.8 million in changes. The new budget keeps the transit funding for Raleigh’s elderly and disabled residents, increases taxes for downtown businesses and will fund requests for a handful of nonprofits. It also includes 4 percent merit pay raises for city employees. And City Manager Russell Allen gets to keep his raise.
Following sharp debate, Wake County’s commissioners passed their budget. The new budget keeps the Athens Drive and Duraleigh Road libraries open, but drops support for the African-American Cultural Festival. Photo: Commissioner Stan Norwalk defends a motion while debating the county budget.
The Raleigh City Council has a full agenda this week, including new stimulus funds approved and more requests, stream restoration, redoing the entire city’s zoning code and refinancing bonds. Councilors could also vote on the revised $50 deposit for city water customers.
A photo essay covering June First Friday, 5:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m.
The Raleigh City Council had a full house for its budget hearing Tuesday.
The Raleigh Planning Commission voted to not allow any more comments on the comprehensive plan’s future land use map at its meeting this week. The map will guide land use and zoning in the city’s long-term comprehensive plan.
A short explanation of Wake County’s FY2010 budget proposal. Plus, read a copy of County Manager David Cooke’s presentation to the county commissioners and the full-text budget proposal.
