Cary’s interim town manager is proposing a tax rate increase of 3.75 cents per $100 of assessed property value to expand public safety measures, implement additional financial oversight and address other town needs.
The budget is the town’s first since former Town Manager Sean Stegall resigned in December amid questions surrounding the town’s spending. Stegall had been town manager since 2016.
He was replaced by now-interim Town Manager Russ Overton, who was previously deputy town manager…