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Henry County Board adopts fiscal 2025–26 budget, sets tax and license rates unanimously
Summary
The Henry County Board of Supervisors on April 29 adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 county and school budgets and set tax and vehicle-license rates; board members voted unanimously and staff said the official appropriation will be presented at a later meeting as required by state code.
On April 29, 2025, the Henry County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt the county's fiscal year 2025–26 budget for planning purposes, set the proposed tax rates on the record, and adopt the proposed school budget as presented in the meeting packet.
County staff summarized the adoption process: the board reviewed the proposed budget with the county administrator, held a work session, advertised the budget and conducted a public hearing. Citing Section 58.1-3001 of the Code of Virginia, staff said the board "must fix the total amount of tax levies for the coming year." The board approved motions on the record to set the tax rates, adopt the school budget ("subject to the state, federal, and local funds becoming available as estimated," the motion said), and adopt the county budget for fiscal planning purposes; the board chair called each motion and the clerk recorded each as a unanimous vote.
On the record, the board moved to adopt the following rates as read into the motion (noted here exactly as read): a real-estate rate read on the record as "point $5.05 $5.05 cent per 100 assessed value," personal property and machinery and tools at "$1.55 per 100 of assessed value" for personal property (including motor vehicles), and "$1.1.55 per 100 of assessed value" for machinery and tools and business equipment. The motion also placed motor vehicle license fees on the record as $20.75 for cars and $12 for motorcycles and trailers. The spoken record contained garbled phrasing in places; those figures should be confirmed against the official budget packet and the county's adopted tax-rate resolution.
The board further approved a motion adopting the school budget by category as summarized in exhibits A and B, with the caveat that state, federal and local funds must become available as estimated. The board then approved the county budget for final fiscal planning purposes and instructed staff to return with the official appropriation at the next meeting.
Separately, the board approved a procedural motion permitting Board member Travis Pruitt to participate remotely; Pruitt had identified his remote location on the public record. All recorded votes on the budget and related motions were unanimous (6–0 as recorded by the clerk in later motions).
No amendments or recorded dissent were made during the adopted motions in the provided transcript excerpt. The county did not read a specific appropriation ordinance in the spoken excerpt; staff said the formal appropriation would be presented at a subsequent meeting.
