Waynesboro council adopts budget amendment, authorizes landfill leases and confirms historic commission appointment

The Waynesboro City Council recorded several formal actions at its March 24 meeting: it held a public hearing and adopted an ordinance amending the FY2025 budget, authorized the city manager to execute leases related to the Augusta Regional Landfill, appointed Danielle Granger to an unexpired term on the Historical Commission, and tabled a nomination to the Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission’s executive committee until a March 31 work session.

Budget amendment: The council held a public hearing and then adopted an ordinance amending the FY2025 budget by $3,000,954.07 (the transcript records the figure as "3,000,954.07 94"). City staff (identified in the meeting as Mr. McCormick) said the amendment appropriates approximately $2,365,000 to the sewer fund and $759,000 to the stormwater fund to reflect two large grants: a federal grant to reduce inflow and infiltration into the sewer system and a 50/50 state stormwater grant to design and…