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Page County approves $629,600 budget amendment to fund school studies, landfill equipment and tourism marketing
Summary
The Page County Board of Supervisors approved a $629,600 budget amendment on April 21, 2025, funding school adequacy studies, purchase of a track loader for the landfill, and marketing/distribution for tourism programs.
The Page County Board of Supervisors voted April 21 to approve a $629,600 amendment to the current fiscal-year budget to fund several capital and program requests.
The amendment includes $225,000 from the general fund balance to pay for two school division studies on educational adequacy and demographics that the school board requested. The studies were first raised at a joint school–board meeting earlier this year and are intended to help refine the system’s capital-project planning, county staff said.
The board also approved buying a track loader for the county landfill this fiscal year to reduce ongoing rental costs. The purchase price is $459,600. Staff said the county would trade in the current track loader for $55,000, leaving a $404,600 appropriation from the general fund balance.
Separately, the county’s economic development and tourism office will receive $25,366 from restricted transient-occupancy taxes. Of that amount, $2,766 will be used to distribute the Page Valley visitor guide to travel houses in Maryland and Pennsylvania; $3,400 will fund advertising for the annual Taste of the Valley festival; and $19,200 will support a digital marketing campaign (banner ads, social media, streaming TV, YouTube, Spotify and paid search), according to staff presentation.
County staff said the appropriation requests in total are funded with $629,600 from the general fund balance, allocated across the landfill purchase, county marketing, and school operating funds.
The motion to approve the requested budget changes was moved and seconded, and the board voted to adopt the amendment. The board closed the required public-hearing period before the vote; no substantive public comments on this specific amendment were recorded during that hearing.
The board’s action authorizes staff to proceed with the purchases and appropriations as presented; detailed purchase and procurement steps will follow county purchasing rules.
