Caroline County
Bowling Green Town Council meeting, Thursday, 4 p.m.
- Public hearing on FY26 proposed budget
- FY26 proposed budget overview
- Town financial outlook and rate setting briefing
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Town residents will get a chance to weigh in on a proposed real estate tax rate increase during a public hearing. Town Manager India Adams-Jacobs will also provide an FY26 proposed budget overview and an outlook on the town’s finances.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Policy Committee meeting, Monday, 6:30 p.m.
- Discussion of a potential new road crossing the Rappahannock River
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FAMPO, a regional transportation planning body, will talk again about the possibility of a new river crossing and receive a presentation from Joe Brito, a former Stafford County supervisor.
–Jonathan Hunley
George Washington Regional Commission
Commission meeting, Monday, 5 p.m.
- Discussion of the agency’s budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1
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The commission, a regional planning body, will talk about its proposed budget for the next fiscal year, which totals $6 million.
–Jonathan Hunley
King George County
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.
- Public hearing on VDOT Secondary Six-Year Plan
- Presentation on the Rappahannock River being endangered
- County administrator’s report on Gibson Solar
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Kelli Le Duc, the director of community development for the county, will discuss recommendations from the Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment Committee (ZOTAC) regarding potential downzoning in the county.
ZOTAC met six times and is submitting recommendations to forward to the board of supervisors. Staff is seeking direction from the board so it can draft ordinance amendments for the planning commission.
ZOTAC does not support amending lot sizes in Agricultural-1 (A-1) zoning areas from 10 acres to 50 acres as previously discussed by the supervisors. It also does not support going from two to 20 acres in A-2 or from one to 10 acres in A-3. Five of the seven ZOTAC members voted for no changes at all, while two supported going from two to four acres in A-2.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Spotsylvania County
Planning commission meeting, Wednesday, 6 p.m.
- Resolution on the Villas at Hilltop
- Planning update and monthly report
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A preliminary plat for the Villas at Hilltop — a proposed age-restricted community of single-family attached homes — has been reviewed by the Technical Review Committee, and the project is ready to go before the planning commission. County staff is recommending approval and has submitted a resolution for the commission to adopt. The project is located on the north side of Courthouse Road (State Route 208) adjacent to the Hilltop Shopping Center near the intersection of Courthouse and Leavells roads.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Stafford County
Board of Supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
- Public hearing on increasing meals and transient occupancy tax rates
- Discussion about asking the Planning Commission to study current county regulations on data centers
- Public hearing on reducing transportation impact fees
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The supervisors are scheduled to hold a handful of public hearings, but the most important one is on a plan to increase the county meals tax rate from 5 percent to 6 percent and the transient occupancy tax rate from 9 percent to 11 percent. The revenue generated from the 1 percent increase in the meals tax would be devoted to raises for school employees.
-Jonathan Hunley
