On the Agenda, Feb. 9-13

Caroline County

School board workshop and meeting, Monday, 4:30/5:30 p.m.

• Annual Head Start training
• Fiscal year 2027 budget update
• Approval of proposed 2026-27 and 2027-28 instructional calendars

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The finance staff will provide updates on the FY27 operational budget to the school board during the work session. Superintendent Sarah Calveric will present her proposed budget to the school board for approval later in the meeting. Once approved, the FY27 school board budget will be presented to the board of supervisors for consideration.

 Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 6 p.m.

• Presentation from Del. Nicole Cole (D-Spotsylvania), tentative based on General Assembly schedule
• Presentation of FY27 school board budget by Calveric
• Public hearing on data center campus

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A data center project proposed by Caroline Center for Innovation North requires a Special Exception Permit. A public hearing will determine the fate of the 95.4-acre project in the Reedy Church District. The General Development Plan proposes four data center buildings totaling 1.5 million square feet, along with a substation on 10 acres and other accessory structures or uses including water storage tanks, a gatehouse and an office building. The county planning commission voted to recommend approval of the project.

-Taft Coghill Jr.

Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization

Policy Committee meeting, Monday, 6 p.m.

• Discussion of the possible creation of the Rappahannock Area Transportation Authority
• Discussion on a purchase for Fredericksburg Regional Transit

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FAMPO, a regional transportation planning body, will talk about a bill by Del. Joshua Cole (D-Stafford) that would create a regional transportation authority. The policy committee will also discuss FXBGO! buying two transit support vehicles.

-Jonathan Hunley

Fredericksburg

City council work session/regular meeting, Tuesday, 4/7:30 p.m.

• Public hearing on deviations and special use permit at 2015 and 2105 Princess Anne Street
• Presentation on Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)

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The agenda for Tuesday largely carries over from two weeks ago, when an ice storm postponed the meeting. Council will look at proposed deviations — including building height and lot size — for a proposed mixed-use development that includes the construction of 21 single-family homes. The Planning Commission voted 6-1 on Jan. 14 to recommend approval of the deviations and a special use permit for the project.

School board meeting, Monday, 7:30 p.m. (open session)

• 2026-27 calendar approval
• Head Start approvals
• Independent Audit
• Discussion of improvement Plans for Lafayette and Hugh Mercer Elementary schools

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At 5:30 p.m., the school board will hold its annual budget workshop, during which it will discuss funding priorities for the next fiscal year… Later, the board will weigh applying for supplemental Head Start grant funds in the amount of $236,534 that would cover the replacement of two school buses… The board will also review a report from a financial audit conducted by Robinson, Farmer, Cox Associates, LLC (RFC) last year.

Planning Commission meeting, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.

• Election of officers

-Joey LoMonaco

King George County

School board regular meeting and work session, Monday, 5:30/6:30 p.m. 

• Public hearing on fiscal year 2027 budget
• Snow makeup days
• Discussion of FY27 budget

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The board will conduct a public hearing on the FY27 budget during the regular meeting, followed by a work session to discuss the budget proposed by Superintendent Jesse Boyd. The budget request totals $72.3 million with $28.4 million of local funding. The request represents increases from the FY26 approved budget of $3.3 million in total funding and $2.1 million in local funding.

Planning commission meeting, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.  

• Public hearing on the 2027-31 Capital Improvement Plan
• Continued discussion of alternative models for county-based land conservation

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The proposed 2027-31 Capital Improvement Plan totals $39.3 million. The funds include $21.2 million for the school division, $5.7 million for fire, rescue and emergency services, $4.3 million for engineering, $4 million for parks and recreation, $2.1 million for the sheriff’s office, $868,900 for general properties, $820,000 for solid waste and recycling, $122,000 for information technology, and $86,695 for the registrar’s office. The board of supervisors and planning commission will conduct a joint meeting on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the proposed CIP.

-Taft Coghill Jr.

Spotsylvania County

School board meeting, Monday, 5:30 p.m. 

• Budget work session scheduled for 6:40 p.m.
• Action to revoke authorization to record closed session meetings
• Second reading of policy on school board professional learning opportunities

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The school board previously took action to record its closed session meetings. It is now requesting to revisit the need to record the closed session gatherings and reverse the action. This discussion will take place at approximately 8 p.m., according to the agenda.

Board of supervisors meeting, Tuesday, 5 p.m.

• Presentation of County Administrator Ed Petrovich’s recommended budget
• Public hearings on the issuance of new money water and sewer system revenue bonds
• Public hearing on condemnation of a portion of a parcel of land on Massaponax Church Road

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County Administrator Ed Petrovich will provide the first public glimpse into his FY27 recommended budget. County staff will distribute a summary document to the board at the meeting, and the budget materials will be posted on the county’s website concurrently with the presentation. The school board will present its approved budget to the supervisors on Feb. 19. On Feb. 24, the board of supervisors will vote on the advertised tax rate, followed by a public hearing on the budget, tax rate and CIP on March 26. The board of supervisors is scheduled to approve its CIP on April 7, and, on April 9, it will make final decisions on the budget and tax rate, with formal adoption set for April 26.

-Taft Coghill Jr.

Stafford County

School Board work session/meeting, Tuesday, 5/7 p.m.

• Discussion of, and public hearing on, the superintendent’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year
• Discussion of the Virginia Department of Education’s accreditation and School Performance and Support Framework data
• Discussion of a bill in the Virginia General Assembly that would address the proposed North Anna-Kraken Loop project

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The big item for the School Board on its next meeting day is a public hearing on the superintendent’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year.

Planning Commission meeting, Wednesday, 6 p.m.

• Public hearing on updating the county’s Comprehensive Plan regarding water
• Public hearing on a Checkers restaurant with a drive-thru on U.S. 17

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The commission will hold a public hearing on updating the county’s Comprehensive Plan regarding water use. The key item here is the regulation of reclaimed water, which is treated but not to the extent that it’s safe for drinking. The idea is that a reclaimed system can serve data centers and other users that need water but don’t need it to be potable.

-Jonathan Hunley