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Board hears proposed FY26–30 Capital Improvement Program and fee changes, including airport hangars and water‑system projects
Summary
County staff presented a draft FY26–30 capital improvement program that lists $42.7 million in FY26 projects, major public‑utility projects and proposed fee changes including higher emergency response fees and dangerous‑dog registration increases.
County staff presented the draft FY26–30 Capital Improvement Program and proposed fee changes to the New Kent County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 27, summarizing department requests, funding sources and notable FY26 projects.
The draft FY26 projects total $42,674,360. Mr. Hathaway said $17.3 million would be public‑utility projects funded from the public utility fund and about $25.3 million from the capital fund balance. Of that $25.3 million, staff identified roughly $10.2 million expected from CVTA, VDOT and Virginia Department of Aviation grants and a $2,000,000 Colonial Downs allocation set aside for emergent capital needs.
Major FY26 proposals highlighted by staff include $800,000 for airport hangar site preparation and $1.2 million for hangar construction (with state aviation grant matches reducing local fund impact), $10 million proposed for I‑64 Exit 211 interchange work with CVTA funds, and a $6.2 million water tank proposed to improve water pressure and fire flow for Brickshire, Kentland PUD and Colonial Downs areas. Staff also proposed $7 million to connect the Bottoms Bridge water system to the Quentin system to loop and improve system resiliency and began planning for a new utilities operations center (initial engineering $1.5 million).
School‑related items include the district’s long‑range proposal for a New Kent Elementary School replacement (presented to cost about $58 million in a future year) and FY26 funding requests including a $749,000 high‑school roof replacement and $1.4 million to finish the middle‑school HVAC phased replacement. Parks and recreation projects included completing a Quentin Park splash pad and Pineford Park basketball courts; staff said quotes required modest additional funding to finish those projects.
Staff also presented proposed fee changes. Fire and rescue proposed raising the initial dangerous‑dog registration from $50 to $150 with an $85 annual renewal. The county proposed increasing emergency response fees tied to operating a vehicle while intoxicated from $250 to $2,500 for responses involving intoxicated drivers; staff said the fee increase is intended to recover costs for significant incidents. Other proposed changes include higher hourly fees for private events to recover overhead, new hydrant testing and plan‑review fees in utilities, and an increase in plan‑review linear‑foot fees from $0.50 to $0.75.
Board members asked for additional details on several items, including a request to examine minimum‑usage thresholds for water billing, coordination of school roof and HVAC work to avoid rework, timing and funding options for the proposed New Kent Elementary School replacement, and whether un‑funded or deferred projects in later years will be revisited. Staff said the packet contains department requests and additional project detail and that it will present operating‑budget options and funding scenarios in the FY26 operating budget process.
No formal board action was taken on the CIP presentation at the Jan. 27 meeting; staff will return with additional information and budget options in advance of final FY26 budget decisions.
