Fredericksburg
City council work session/regular meeting, 5/7:30 p.m.
- Legislative agenda review
- Traffic signal enforcement
- Falmouth Bridge update
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State Sen. Tara Durant (R-Stafford) and Del. Joshua Cole (D-Fredericksburg) will join councilors during their work session to discuss legislative priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session… Later in the evening, city council is slated to vote on amending the city code to establish a traffic signal enforcement program: in other words, red light cameras. They will then consider whether to put grant funds toward seven cameras at an estimated cost of $268,716 per year, with the program potentially starting on March 1, 2026. In September, the city police department identified two intersections — Blue & Gray Parkway and Lafayette Boulevard and Plank Road and Carl D. Silver Parkway — as a starting point for enforcement.
-Joey LoMonaco
Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Policy Committee meeting, Monday, 6 p.m.
- Public hearing on Rappahannock River crossing
- Discussion of a study of traffic at the State Route 3/Carl D. Silver Parkway/Mall Court intersection
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FAMPO, a regional transportation planning body, will take public comment on the proposal to put a new road and bridge over the Rappahannock River.
-Jonathan Hunley
King George County
School board meeting, Monday, 5:30 p.m.Â
- Principal’s briefing on attendance initiatives
- School board self-evaluation
- Discussion of 2026-27 Capital Improvement Plan
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The school division has $22.8 million of projects in the 2026-27 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). That sum is made up of urgent requests for the Vocational Tech Center ($18.9 million), school buses ($650,000), a metal roof and parking lot repairs at Potomac Elementary ($900,000), and air handlers at King George Elementary ($475,000), among other projects.
Board of supervisors FY27 operating budget work session, Monday, 5:30 p.m.Â
- Discussion on additional revenue sources
- Discussion on bond rating
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The board of supervisors will take an early look at the fiscal year 2027 budget. The board will discuss additional revenue sources and its bond rating. There will also be public comment.
Board of supervisors and service authority board of directors meeting, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.Â
- Bowman Engineering Proposal for the Dahlgren Wastewater Treatment Plant repair and upgrades project
- Public hearing on Caledon Solar siting agreement
- Award of construction services agreement for artificial turf field at King George High School
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The board of supervisors voted 5-0 to approve the Caledon Solar project at its first meeting of the month. The vote came after the planning commission voted 4-1 to recommend denial of the project, which will be constructed on land owned by County Attorney Richard Stuart. Now that the board granted the special exception request for the utility scale solar project, it now must approve a siting agreement.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Spotsylvania County
School board work session, Monday, 5:30 p.m.Â
- Governor’s school presentation
- FY27 budget presentation
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The school board is looking to set in motion a budget that will take another step toward closing the gap in local funding from the board of supervisors. The board entered the FY26 budget cycle earlier this year with a shortfall of more than $46 million. The board of supervisors granted the division $11.7 million toward narrowing the gap. Superintendent Clint Mitchell said it could be as many as three years before the school division is fully funded using an incremental approach to addressing the gap.
Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 4 p.m.Â
- Public hearing on Cosner East
- Public hearing to consider amending the real estate tax exemption for the elderly and disabled
- Final legislative priorities discussion
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The Cosner East applicant, Main Street Development, is seeking approval to rezone one 3.44-acre parcel from Commercial 3 to Mixed-Use 4 with proffers for the development of 50 multi-family units and up to 15,000 square feet of non-residential uses. The property is located on the east side of Hospital Boulevard at the intersection of Spotsylvania Parkway. The planning commission recommended approval of the project by a 4-2 vote following a public hearing on July 16. County staff also recommends approval.
Planning commission meeting, Wednesday, 6 p.m.Â
- Planning update
- Public hearing on Patriot Crossing
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The applicants, RSSJ Associates and Patriot Crossing, LLC, are requesting to rezone approximately 47.7 acres from Rural to Planned Development Housing 4 and 16.9 acres from Rural to Commercial 3 Highway with proffers for the development of 77 single-family attached units, 101 single-family detached units and no more than 108,000 square feet of commercial space. The project would be located on the west side of Patriot Highway (U.S. Route 1) at its intersection with Guinea Station Road (State Route 607). Staff recommends approval of the project with a revision to transportation proffers.
-Taft Coghill Jr.
Stafford County
Board of Supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 5 p.m.
- Discussion of a lease amendment with the Patawomeck Indian Tribe on 6.5 acres of county-owned property near Aquia Landing Park
- Public hearing on the renovation of a historic structure in Falmouth
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The supervisors will take up two matters related to history. First, they will talk about the lease of a property near Aquia Landing by the Patawomeck Indian Tribe, which became a de facto discussion of the tribe’s legitimacy when it came up in May. The supervisors also will hold a public hearing on the rehabbing of a historic structure known as the Counting House.
-Jonathan Hunley
