2018 Popular Annual Financial Report For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 | Page 7

G arner
at a
T
HE TOWN OF GARNER
has a council-manager
form of government
with a mayor and five-member
Town Council. Elections for
the office of Town Council are
held at two-year intervals in the
November of odd-numbered
years. Elections are non-
partisan, and all members of
the Town Council are elected
to four-year terms. The mayor
is elected to a four-year term
at the same time elections for
Town Council are held.
The Town Council sets Town
policies, enacts ordinances
and appoints the town
manager, who administers
the daily operations and
programs of the municipal
government through the
department heads and other
staff and employees.
The City of Raleigh’s Public
Utilities Department operates
a water distribution system,
a sanitary sewer collection
system and a wastewater
treatment facility that service
Garner. Garner Volunteer
Fire-Rescue, Inc., provides fire
and emergency responder
services, and Wake County
EMS also serves the town.
G lance
and
Cultural
Departments.
Resources
Garner has six community
parks, several neighborhood
parks and two recently
established dog parks. The
system includes White Deer
Park, 96 acres of passive
parkland with a LEED Gold-
certified Nature Center, and
adjoining Lake Benson Park,
which is home to the Garner
Veterans Memorial. The Town
sponsors numerous special
events throughout the year.
In addition, the Town-owned
Garner Performing Arts Cen-
ter in our historic downtown
offers award-winning pro-
gramming and a diverse array
of shows by local as well as
nationally touring acts.
Major employers in Garner in-
clude the Wake County Pub-
lic School System, Food Lion,
Walmart, Pergo, Cabela’s, Gold-
en State Foods, F&D Huebner,
LLC (McDonald’s), Target and
Strategic Behavioral Health.
The National Civic League
named Garner an All-America
City in 2013. This prestigious
award
recognizes
high
The Town of Garner is one levels of civic engagement
of a small number of local as well as successes arising
governments with nationally from innovative, citizen-led
accredited Police, Public initiatives that address pressing
Works and Parks, Recreation community challenges.
2018 POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
31,023
POPULATION
(June 2018 Town est.)
75 percent growth since 2000
37.1
MEDIAN AGE
OF RESIDENTS
$60,797
MEDIAN
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
3.1%
UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE
$167,700
MEDIAN HOUSING
VALUE
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