A series of workshops intended to resolve an approximately $2.8 million combined shortfall in the Town of Black Mountain 2026-27 general and water funds concluded, June 11, with a proposal to reduce expenditures while increasing projected revenues.
The draft of the document will be the subject of a public hearing, at 6 p.m., Monday, June 15.
Elected officials gathered for a sixth budget workshop to consider recommendations proposed by interim town manager Richard Hicks, who in his May budget message outlined a nearly $1.9 million deficit in the municipality’s general fund and an approximately $918,000 shortfall in the water fund…