The Town of Harrisburg’s contract for planning services with Cabarrus County is set to expire at the end of June, but rather than renew the contract, town officials decided to add a full-time planner to its staff.The newly-hired town planner, Josh Watkins, has been at work for about two weeks, and has spent much of […]
The Harrisburg Town Council formally adopted a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that would fund several new initiatives, but hold current tax rates. The $10.2 million budget holds the property tax rate at 13.5 cents per $100 valuation. A 6 percent increase to water and sewer rates will generate about $200,000 in new revenue, […]
The Harrisburg Town Council voted 4-2 last week to hold a public hearing to consider reducing the size of the town’s Planning & Zoning Board from seven members and two alternates to five members and no alternates. By Jonathan E. [email protected] Harrisburg Town Council voted 4-2 last week to hold a public hearing to consider […]
The Harrisburg Town Council voted 4-2 Monday night to hold a public hearing to consider reducing the size of the town’s Planning & Zoning Board from seven members and two alternates to five members and no alternates. By Jonathan E. [email protected] The Harrisburg Town Council voted 4-2 Monday night to hold a public hearing to […]
By Karen Cimino [email protected] city officials want taxpayers to know the city has not given Lowe’s Motor Speedway or owner Bruton Smith one penny of the $30 million in tax incentives it offered in 2007 in exchange for road improvements near the speedway. But Concord will kick in $1.5 million to help pay for improvements […]
By Karen Cimino [email protected] Christian Ministry of Concord officials hope to receive some of the $55,778 earmarked to help Cabarrus County residents hit hard by the economic downturn. The ministry has had a 300 percent increase in the number families it helps in the last year, said Ed Hosack, executive director of the Cooperative Christian […]