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Board adopts 2025 real‑estate tax at 75¢ after public debate; Luckstone rezoning and zoning amendment approved
Summary
After extended public comment on taxes and Lake Shawnee runoff, the Board of Supervisors voted 3–2 to set the 2025 real‑estate tax rate at 75¢ and unanimously approved a Luckstone rezoning and a zoning ordinance amendment.
The Powhatan County Board of Supervisors voted on March 24 to set the 2025 real‑estate tax rate at 75 cents per $100 of assessed value and approved multiple land‑use items. The tax resolution carried on a 3–2 roll‑call vote after more than two hours of public comment on taxes, county priorities and a separate environmental dispute over solar construction runoff.
Votes at a glance
- Real‑estate tax rate — Resolution R‑2025‑15: Adopted 0.75 (75¢) per $100. Roll call (motion passed 3–2). Yes: Supervisor Powers (yes), Vice Chair Kenny (yes), Chair Donati (yes). No: Supervisor McClellan (no), Supervisor Morissette (no). The board recorded the roll call and stated the motion passed 3–2.
- Luckstone rezone and proffer amendment — Ordinance O‑2025‑10: Approved, unanimous (5–0). The ordinance rezoned a 15‑acre parcel from heavy industrial to mineral/mining extraction for overburden storage and amended a blasting proffer (removing a 15,000‑pound per‑shot weight…
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