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Wythe County reviews FY 2025–26 budget, proposes tax rates and requests four new child-welfare positions
Summary
The Wythe County Board of Supervisors heard a budget presentation that includes proposed tax rates, the school division’s proposed budget and a request to revise county spending to add four child-welfare positions funded in part by the state; public comment on the tax levy was closed with no speakers.
The Wythe County Board of Supervisors reviewed a draft fiscal 2025–26 budget and a proposed tax levy and heard a request to revise the county budget to add four child-welfare positions that the Commonwealth is funding in part.
The county read its budget synopsis and the notice of public hearing for the school budget. The proposed tax rates presented to the board were: real estate $0.51 per $100 of assessed value; tangible personal property $2.22; machinery and tools $1.50; and merchants’ capital $0.56. The public comment period on the tax levy included no signed speakers and was closed, the board’s chair said.
The request to change the county budget came from the county social services office, which said the Virginia General Assembly had…
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