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Votes at a glance: Council passes consent agenda, supplemental appropriation, tax‑relief percentage, opioid settlement participation and reimbursement/reserve;
Summary
Council approved several measures Sept. 8 including a $22.7 million supplemental appropriation, setting personal property tax relief at 18.2% for 2025, authorizing opioid settlement participation, approving a reimbursement resolution for a future municipal‑building bond, and adopting the council’s 2045 vision and action plan.
Harrisonburg City Council took multiple formal actions on Sept. 8. Below are the formal motions and outcomes recorded on the public record.
Consent agenda (minutes) - Motion: Approve the consent agenda including minutes of the Aug. 26 council meeting. - Outcome: Passed by roll call (Aye: Councilmember Dent, Councilmember Robinson, Vice Mayor Fleming, Councilmember Al Sadden).
Supplemental appropriation for prior encumbrances and new grants ($22,700,000) - Motion: Approve supplemental appropriations totaling $22,700,000 to carry forward prior year encumbrances ($14.9M), grant carryovers ($6.0M), and new grant awards ($1.8M), including school buses, fire trucks and transit buses. - Public hearing: Opened and public comments received; staff explained the item and said it represents encumbrances and grant awards that will increase the city’s budget but are supported by existing revenues or grant sources. - Outcome: Passed by roll call (Aye: Robinson, Al Sadden, Dent, Vice Mayor Fleming).
Personal property tax relief (tax year 2025) - Motion: Adopt a resolution setting the percentage of personal property tax relief for tax year 2025 at 18.2%. - Staff note: The calculation applies relief to vehicles valued between $1,000 and $20,000; the state transfer to the city totaled about $1,522,880 and funding mechanics are included in the attached calculation. - Outcome: Passed (Aye: Robinson, Al Sadden, Dent, Vice Mayor Fleming).
Opioid settlement participation - Motion: Adopt a resolution approving the city’s participation in a proposed nationwide settlement of opioid‑related claims and directing the city manager to execute necessary documents for participation. - Staff note: The settlement referenced a $720 million national settlement that will be distributed by states and related funds will flow into the Virginia Opioid Abatement Fund; the city must join the state fund process to receive allocations. - Outcome: Passed (Aye: Robinson, Al Sadden, Dent, Vice Mayor Fleming).
Reimbursement resolution for municipal building / City Hall renovation project - Motion: Approve a reimbursement resolution enabling the city to reimburse itself for design and engineering costs from future bond proceeds if the city later issues debt for the municipal building and historic City Hall renovation. - Staff note: Motion does not obligate the city to issue debt but preserves flexibility to reimburse current design costs from future borrowing. - Outcome: Passed (Aye: Robinson, Al Sadden, Dent, Vice Mayor Fleming).
Other votes - Special‑use permit for a food truck at 1710 Country Club Road was approved (see separate article) with four staff conditions. - Council adopted the 2045 Council Vision and the 2025–2028 action plan (see separate article).
All recorded roll-call votes listed above were unanimous among the council members present at the Sept. 8 meeting.
