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Manassas Park reviews FY2026 budget; staff to advertise 1¢ tax cut and enterprise fee increases
Summary
City staff presented a balanced FY2026 general fund proposal but warned the water, sewer, stormwater and solid-waste enterprise funds face deficits. The council directed staff to advertise a 1¢ real-estate tax reduction and proposed fee increases (15% water/sewer, 15% stormwater, 10% solid waste) for public notice ahead of the May 6 vote.
Manassas Park city leaders on April 29 reviewed a reworked FY2026 budget package that staff said balances general fund revenues and expenditures but leaves the city's enterprise funds short of cash reserves.
City staff presented a model showing that a 1¢ reduction in the real-estate tax would reduce general fund revenue by roughly $273,000 in a single year (the presentation said that amount compounds in longer-term models), and that denying needed increases to enterprise fees would push water and sewer, stormwater and solid-waste funds into negative positions without general-fund subsidies.
Calvin O'Dell, director of community development, told the council that Manassas Park is "only a distribution authority. We are not a treatment authority," and explained the city buys water from neighboring systems…
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