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County Manager’s Budget Comes In At $842 Million

County Manager’s Budget Comes In At $842 Million

by | May 16, 2025 | | 13

Guilford County Manager Mike Halford presented his recommended fiscal 2025-2026 budget to the Board of County Commissioners during the board’s regular meeting on Thursday, May 15, and the budget included a little something for everyone, but, in many cases, not as much as department directors and school leaders would have liked.

Halford’s total general county budget comes to $842 million, which compares to $834 million for the 2024-2025 budget adopted last June..

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Guilford County’s Savings Account Falls Well Below Comfort Level

Guilford County’s Savings Account Falls Well Below Comfort Level

by | May 15, 2025 | , | 42

The Rhino Times has been covering Guilford County government since the early 1990s and, for the first time since then, and perhaps even long before then, the county’s savings account – the “unassigned fund balance,” often described as the financial safety net for local governments – has fallen below the mark of 8 percent of the budget.

 That 8 percent mark has long been considered by state finance oversight officials to be the very bare minimum any local government in the state should maintain…

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Guilford County Gives Kay Cashion A Building For Her Birthday

Guilford County Gives Kay Cashion A Building For Her Birthday

by | Oct 29, 2024 | | 11

“Surprise!”

At a top-secret ceremony in downtown Greensboro just after 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, the assembled group, a Who’s Who of area leaders, didn’t actually shout out that word. However, a very confused Kay Cashion – who’s been a Guilford County commissioner for over two decades – was clearly both surprised and confused.

Everyone had kept this secret from the birthday girl: that the Guilford County Board of Commissioners had decided to dedicate the county-owned building at 201 South Greene St. in Greensboro to Cashion and name it after her thanks to her long-time public service…

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