Caroline County
School board work session and meeting, Monday, 4:30/5:30 p.m.Â
- FY26 and ’27 budget update
- 2026-27 Head Start grant application
- Instruction for English learners and immigrant students
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The board will hear the first reading of 2026-27 Title III: Language Instruction for English Language Learners and Immigrant Students Grant. The $21,507 grant will prioritize instructional resources, professional learning and family engagement to assist English Language Learners.
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 6 p.m.Â
- Presentation of a resolution commemorating the courage and perseverance of Richard and Mildred Loving
- Public hearing on ordinance to amend the county subdivision ordinance
- Supplemental appropriation to FY26 school budget
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The board of supervisors will present members of the Loving Family a resolution commending the courage and perseverance of Richard and Mildred Loving, the Caroline County couple whose landmark Supreme Court case ended a ban on interracial marriage. The resolution celebrates the placement of an informational sign on the courthouse lawn in conjunction with the recent acceptance of the Caroline County Historic Courthouse Campus into the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
City of Fredericksburg
City council work session/regular meeting, Tuesday, 5/7:30 p.m.
- FY27 budget discussion (work session)
- Second read, setting tax rate at 84 cents per $100 of assessed value
- Second read, amending water and sewer rates
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Budget season is set to wrap up in the city with second reads on the 2027 budget, real estate tax rate, water and sewer rates. The first two measures passed unanimously, while water and sewer rates passed by a 6-1 vote two weeks ago… According to a memo, the average water bill will go up $2 per month, while the average sewer bill will increase by $4 per month.
-Joey LoMonaco
King George County
Planning commission meeting, Tuesday, 6 p.m.Â
- Approval of 2026 bylaws
- May 2026 director’s report
- Update on comprehensive plan
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The director’s report includes current rezoning requests and special exception permit applications. The list includes the Davis Hill Development/Daisy Lane Solar application for a special exception permit for a medium scale solar facility. The planning commission recommended approval for the project. The board of supervisors held a public hearing last June 3 and deferred cation. Also, the rezoning and future boundary line adjustment for Fowler Hauling and Home Delivery is awaiting a re-submitted application from the applicant.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Spotsylvania County
School board meeting, Monday, 5:30 p.m.Â
- Approval of Title III and Title IV grant applications
- Approval of revisions to school board policy for public participation at meetings
- First reading of review of Student Code of Conduct
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The board will listen to the first reading of proposed revisions to Policy BDDH regarding public comments. The new policy would allow the board clerk to request identification to confirm the speaker’s eligibility to speak during the public comment section of school board meetings. The policy will require speakers to be residents or taxpayers of Spotsylvania County, including parents or guardians of students, current students, employees or retirees of the school division, or business owners in the county. Speakers also will not be permitted to play audio or video recordings during their allotted time to speak unless the recording was approved by the board clerk three days in advance of the meeting to allow the board time to review it.
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
- Approval of resolution formally opposing the proposed Valley Link to Joshua Falls Yeat 765 KV transmission line project
- Presentation on House Bill 153: Data center-related mandates and options
- Parks and recreation presentation on updates to senior program
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The board will listen to a presentation from county staff regarding House Bill 153: Data center-related mandates and options. The bill instructs localities to require an applicant to perform and submit a site assessment to examine the sound profile of a high energy use facility (HEUF) on residential units and schools located within 500 feet of the HEUF property line. The county also must require the electric utility providing retail service to the new HEUF to submit to the locality a form describing new or existing substations that will be used to serve the HEUF and the anticipated transmission voltage that will be required.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Stafford County
School board work session/meeting, Tuesday, 6/7 p.m.Â
- Identification of Title I schools for the 2026-2027 school year
- Adoption of student fees for the 2026-2027 school year
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The board’s agendas this week aren’t too packed. Board members will talk about which schools could be identified for federal Title I funding next school year, and they’re scheduled to approve student fees for the 2026-2027 school year.
Planning commission meeting, Wednesday, 6 p.m.Â
- Public hearing on adding land to a data center project
- Discuss the routing of electric-transmission lines within the county
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The commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on adding land to the Stafford Technology Campus data center project, and to discuss a directive from the board of supervisors to examine the routing of power lines in the county as a result of a Dominion Energy proposal to put a new line through Stafford.
-Jonathan Hunley
Correction: The updated water and sewer rates in the City of Fredericksburg passed by a 6-1 vote during the April 28 City Council meeting.Â
