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County administrator says budget balances without tax increase by tapping rainy‑day fund
Summary
County Administrator outlined a FY2026 draft budget that keeps the tax rate unchanged by increasing the planned transfer from the county''s fund balance; administrator said departments were trimmed and some costs will be covered by grant awards.
King George County Administrator Mr. Smolnick told the Board of Supervisors on April 11 that the county's draft fiscal 2026 budget is balanced without a proposed real‑estate tax‑rate increase by using more of the county's fund balance.
Smolnick said the budget proposal assumes no tax increase and relies on a transfer from the fund balance of about $3.49 million, up from last year's transfer of $2,551,913. "To keep the tax rate 0," he told supervisors, the county would need to transfer roughly $3,490,005.31, an increase the county administrator…
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