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City and school leaders push earlier school funding submission and to explore a revenue‑sharing formula; council approves $5,000 contingency and moves to closed
Summary
City administration asked the school division to submit funding requests by mid‑January to improve budget timing; council and school board agreed to explore a revenue‑sharing formula and the 1% school construction sales tax proposal. Council approved a $5,000 contingency grant to the Alzheimer's Association (vote 6‑0) and voted to hold a closed meeting on a potential Peninsula Airport Commission investment under Virginia code.
City and school leaders used the Sept. 23 joint work session to press for tighter alignment of budget timelines and to open a policy conversation about a revenue formula for school funding.
City staff presented an annual budget development calendar and requested the school division submit its funding request by mid‑January, an earlier deadline intended to give the City Manager and council more time to review proposals and hold community engagement before the recommended budget is released in March.
Speakers on both bodies expressed interest in studying a revenue‑sharing formula to make school funding more predictable. Several board and council members also discussed a proposed 1% sales tax for school construction; participants noted the measure would need state approval and a local referendum before it could take effect.
On discrete actions taken at the meeting, council members moved and seconded a fiscal year 2026 council contingency allocation of $5,000 to the Alzheimer's Association. The roll call recorded the motion as carried, 6‑0.
Later in the meeting, Councilman Long moved the council into a closed session under a verbally cited provision of the Code of Virginia to discuss a potential investment of public funds in support of the Peninsula Airport Commission; the motion and a subsequent certification vote passed on roll calls (motion carries 6‑0).
