Fredericksburg
City council work session/regular meeting, Tuesday, 5:30/7:30 p.m.Â
- First read on FY27 budget
- First read on setting real estate tax
- First read on water and sewer rates
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A week after holding a somewhat-sparsely attended public hearing, City council will hold its first votes on the FY2027 budget, real estate tax rate (84 cents per $100 of assessed value), water and sewer rates and medical service transport fees. They’ll also weigh in on a list of streets to be included in the asphalt rehabilitation program, which proposes to improve or reconstruct seven streets: Progress Street, Charlotte Street, Willis Street, Van Buren Street, Myrick Street, Hanover Street and Washington Avenue (Southbound) at a cost of $1.5 million.
-Joey LoMonaco
George Washington Regional Commission
Commission meeting, Monday, 6 p.m.Â
- Presentation on Vanpool Alliance funding
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The regional planning body will continue to discuss proposed changes to the Vanpool Alliance grant-award program. This federal program generates about $1 million a year in funds that may be used for transit/rail capital improvements by FXBGO, OmniRide, the Virginia Railway Express or other public transit agencies
-Jonathan Hunley
Spotsylvania County
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 5 p.m.Â
- Joint public hearing with VDOT on Secondary Six-Year Plan
- Public hearing on land condemnation
- 2026 bond referendum presentation
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The county’s consent agenda lists a $5 million real estate purchase agreement with New Post Sports Complex for three parcels, consisting of 118.9 acres, 86.2 acres, and 29.1 acres. The county is seeking to buy the sports complex and place it under its parks and recreation department. The complex includes seven soccer fields, irrigation infrastructure and a restroom/concessions building. The budget impact for FY27 includes $89,000 in operational costs and $41,000 for part-time employees.
School board work session, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.Â
- Parliamentary training
- Fiscal Year 2027 budget discussion, reconciliation, and adoption
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The board will discuss the decisions that Superintendent Clint Mitchell and his staff recommended regarding the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. Mitchell and his staff recommended cutting back the number of additional Career and Technical Education teachers for next year from five to two, among other cuts from the budget originally approved by the school board before it learned of the board of supervisors’ final budget. The school board is also expecting to have a clearer picture of state funding before adopting the final budget at this meeting.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Stafford County
Board of supervisors budget work session, Monday, 6 p.m.
- Discuss budget for fiscal 2027
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The supervisors will talk about the budget for the next fiscal year and the real-estate tax rate.
Board of supervisors special called meeting, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
- Vote on tax rates and the fiscal 2027 budget
- Vote on raising water and sewer user fees
- Discussion on amendments to the Comprehensive Plan concerning routing of power lines through the county
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The supervisors’ biggest job Tuesday is approving a county budget for the next fiscal year and deciding what the real-estate tax rate will be. However, it also will talk about the routing of power lines through the locality in light of the North Anna to Bristers electric transmission project.
School board budget work session/special called meeting, Wednesday, 7 p.m.Â
- Discussion and vote on the fiscal 2027 budget
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The board is scheduled to approve a spending plan for the next fiscal year after the Board of Supervisors votes on a budget for the county government as a whole.
School board legislative debrief, Thursday, 6:15 p.m.Â
- Discussion about this year’s General Assembly sessions
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The board is scheduled to discuss state issues with Stafford’s delegation to the Virginia General Assembly. The meeting will be in the Brooke Point High School library, 1700 Courthouse Road.
-Jonathan Hunley
