Leland Town Council approved a $42.8 million budget for fiscal year 2023-2024 at its regular meeting in May. The budget will guide the Town’s spending across all departments from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
The balanced budget reflects a decrease in the tax rate to 23 cents per $100 value, allocates $900,000 to the General Fund reserve for financial stability, and increases fire fees to the statutory limit to close the gap between fire fee revenue and operating expenses.
Highlights of the FY23/24 budget include:
- 19 new full-time employee positions:
- Four Police patrol officer positions for a peak demand shift
- One Fire Logistics position
- One Safety & Training Coordinator position
- Three Public Services positions to assist with Infrastructure, Facilities, and Grounds
- Seven Planning and Building Inspections positions
- Three Internal Services positions to assist with Communications and Information Technology
- 10 Police vehicles for replacement and new positions
- One Fire quick response vehicle
- One Fire apparatus vehicle with an estimated delivery in September 2025
- Traffic signal backup power project in coordination with the NCDOT
- Asphalt paving machine and rubber tire backhoe for infrastructure improvements
- Three additional pottery wheels and new kiln for enhancement at the Leland Cultural Arts Center
Learn more about the budget and what the highlights could mean for the community.
Town of Leland Town Council and staff have been working since last fall to compose a budget that meets the visions, goals, and objectives of the Council for FY23/24. This process includes each department creating a budget for their service areas using zero-based budgeting techniques, meeting with management, forecasting revenues, reviewing capital projects, and balancing workload and staffing needs.
View the FY23/24 budget manual.
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