FY2026-27 budget

Asked the council to keep and raise the one-cent affordable housing tax to 1.5 cents, stop charging $542,000 in housing staff salaries to the housing fund, protect manufactured home communities, and publish a specific action plan for the fund.

Questioned budgeting without audited financials, suggested streamlining the delayed Salem Streetscape project to save money, and asked for more public detail on operating costs such as the Pleasant Park splash pad.

Asked the council to use actual-year estimates, set KPIs before staffing decisions, benchmark raises at 3%, and questioned why salaries grew 47% over five years while population grew 18%.

Said town actions harm his New Hill community through eminent domain and fee-in-lieu instead of affordable housing, questioned staffing levels and salaries, and criticized mass-density growth.