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New Kent County proposes $137.6 million FY26 budget, including 3¢ tax increase to fund courthouse, pay plan
Summary
County Administrator presented a $137,625,196 proposed FY26 budget that would raise the real estate tax rate from $0.59 to $0.62 per $100 to help fund a public safety pay plan and construction of a new courthouse and elementary school; the board scheduled further action for a May 27 work session.
New Kent County Administrator James Hathaway presented a proposed $137,625,196 fiscal year 2026 budget to the Board of Supervisors on May 6, calling for an advertised real estate tax rate of $0.62 per $100 of assessed value, a 3¢ increase from the current $0.59 rate.
Hathaway said the 3¢ increase would generate approximately $1,620,000 and that one penny of the increase would be dedicated to a public safety pay plan while two pennies would be earmarked toward construction of a new courthouse and a new elementary school to replace New Kent Elementary School. "One penny on the tax rate only gets us about $540,000," Hathaway said in his presentation.
The proposed budget includes $2,500,000 in new personnel funding overall; a recommended 5% cost-of-living adjustment for county employees; a public safety pay plan costing just under $1,200,000; a 4% user fee increase for public utilities; and an absorbed 7.3% increase in the county's…
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