Looking into 2025 budget a couple items stood out on page 207, “Special Appropriations”. According to the city these are payments that are not specifically tied to a department.
Of note – there is a 15.5% annual increase in “Post Employment Benefits” totaling almost $18mm – one could wonder what these are exactly.
Another item of note was “Penalty Payments to Wake County Public School System” I would be curious to know why the city is paying half a million $ to the WCPSS as a “penalty” every year.
