May 5. Cornelius Town Manager Andrew Grant will unveil his proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 at this evening’s Town Board meeting. Following his presentation, a public hearing on the budget will be opened, and continued on May 19 and possibly June 2. The budget must be adopted by June 30, and will go into effect on July 1, 2025.

Last year, the Cornelius Town Board unanimously approved the proposed budget which kept property taxes at the current rate, which is 17.31 cents per $100 of assessed value.

Grant

As town manager, Grant has developed and recommended budgets for the past six years. Prior to that, he was assistant town manager for 15 years, and assisted the town manager with annual budgets.

The town budget is supported in part by property taxes, which comprise about one third of a typical taxpayers bill, with the remainder being Mecklenburg County taxes.

The meeting will begin at 6 pm in Town Hall on Catawba Avenue. It will also be live streamed on the town web site: www.cornelius.org.