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Amherst County board holds FY2026 budget public hearing; schedules May 6 adoption vote
Summary
County Administrator Jeremy Bryant presented a balanced FY2026 budget and a narrowed CIP; the board set a May 6 meeting to consider adoption after public comment on specific line items and questions about Gateway Project financing.
Amherst County on April (date on agenda) held a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2026 operating budget and capital improvement plan, hearing a presentation from County Administrator Jeremy Bryant and public questions about several funding items and the Gateway Project.
Bryant told the Board of Supervisors that the county is presenting “a balanced budget.” He said revenues and expenditures line up for the coming year and highlighted two capital items the county is asking the board to fund now: the continuation of the county’s required real property reassessment (phase 2 of 3) and phase 2 of the courthouse HVAC project. Bryants said the next phase of the reassessment would return in a future budget cycle at about $200,000 and that phase 2 of the courthouse HVAC is estimated at $275,000.
The budget would include a 3% cost-of-living adjustment for…
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