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Repaving contract tops tonight’s Town Board agenda
Aug. 15. Consideration of an $883,500 contract to resurface several miles of town-maintained roads highlights the Cornelius Town Board meeting Monday evening Aug. 15. Albermarle-based NJR Group had the lowest bid out of the companies responding. The town actually received five bids for the contract, according to Assistant Town Manager Tyler Beardsley. NJR was the […]
Town manager gets 12% pay raise
Aug. 8. Cornelius commissioners have granted Town Manager Andrew Grant a 12 percent salary increase, bringing his base salary to $185,000 a year. This puts Grant in the middle of town manager salaries in North Mecklenburg. Huntersville’s pays its town manager $194,782 while the Davidson Town Manager salary is currently at $153,498. ‘High performer’ Grant’s […]
Planning Board has new chairman
Aug. 2. Susan Johnson was unanimously appointed the new Cornelius Planning Board chairman at the Town Board’s Aug.1 meeting. Johnson, a Realtor, has been on the Planning Board for eight years. “I am very excited and honored to be appointed as the Planning Board Chair,” Johnson said following the vote. “I look forward to continuing […]
Town Board unanimously OKs Smithville plan
June 21. By Dave Vieser. In a unanimous vote, Cornelius commissioners endorsed the Smithville Revitalization Plan at their June 20 meeting. The 5-0 vote directs that the plan be utilized in conjunction with the town’s land use plan as well as other decisions related to Smithville, a historically Black community just east of I-77. Details […]
Town Board may vote on Smithville allocation tonight
June 20. By Dave Vieser. At Monday evening’s Town Board Meeting, commissioners may render a final decision concerning funding for the Smithville Revitalization Plan. Organizers have asked for $6.6 million out of the $9.6 million the town will receive from the American Rescue Plan Act. ARPA funds are a one-time windfall for governments across the […]
Town Board meeting tonight: Will they vote on the budget?
June 6. By Dave Vieser. The town’s staff plans to give Town Commissioners the opportunity to adopt the proposed $28.35 million 2023 fiscal year budget at tonight’s board meeting. The spending plan calls for a one-cent tax increase in the town tax rate. One-time ARPA funding Town Manager Andrew Grant said the proposed FY23 budget […]
Town Board will take up Alexander Farm—and the tenant house—one more time
May 16. By Dave Yochum. Preserve Mecklenburg and the developer of Alexander Farms will go before the Cornelius Town Board tonight seeking approval for a preservation plan for the J. Wilson Alexander Farm Tenant House. The developer, Win Development, is also asking to increase the number of independent senior living units that will be built […]
FY 2023 budget will be released tonight
May 2. The 2023 Fiscal Year town budget is scheduled to be released at tonight’s Town Board Meeting. Town Manager Andrew Grant will provide the details for the commissioners; highlights of the $28 million spending plan will be available for residents online beginning Tuesday May 3. The current 2022 fiscal year budget is $26.1 million, […]
Jetton Extension will be rebuilt, with bike lanes
March 8. By Dave Vieser. The Cornelius Town Board approved the first step in rebuilding Jetton Road Extension. The $133,000 project was awarded to the CES Group, one of four firms which bid on the project. Tyler Beardsley, who will be the town’s project coordinator, noted that the Jetton Road Extension/Sefton Parkway thoroughfare has been […]
Coffee Chat March 7
Feb. 23. The Town of Cornelius will host a virtual coffee chat on Monday, March 7 from 8:30 am to 9:30 am on Zoom. The agenda topics include: —County COVID-19 and vaccine update with Mecklenburg Health Director Raynard Washington. —Ada Jenkins Center with CEO Harold Rice Jr. —Transportation update with Deputy Town Manager Wayne Herron. […]
