Lancaster Planning Commission forwards FY26–30 capital improvement plan with two timing changes

The Lancaster County Planning Commission voted March 2025 to forward the county's proposed FY2026–2030 capital improvement budget to the Board of Supervisors, approving two timetable changes for major projects.

The commission recommended moving the $180,000 jail flat-roof replacement into fiscal year 2026 and postponing a combined sheriff's office and emergency medical services (EMS) building, budgeted at $13,136,848, to fiscal year 2027. The commission acted on a motion to forward the package with those two changes and the motion passed by voice vote.

Don Gill, a county staff member who presented the budget, told commissioners that state law requires the planning commission to prepare and forward an annual capital improvement budget and that the Board of Supervisors' adopted budget calendar required a recommendation at this meeting so the county could meet an April advertising deadline. "The code of Virginia requires the planning commission to, update and prepare an annual capital improvement budget, to forward to the Board of Supervisors to include in their, annual budget process," Gill said.

Commissioners…