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Supervisor Mahoney urges closer county-school cooperation; board asks staff to study tax-relief options
Summary
Supervisor Mahoney removed an item from the consent agenda to press county support for schools and urged administrative collaboration to reduce budget overhead. Board members later directed staff to examine tax-relief possibilities as part of the ongoing budget cycle.
During the Jan. 13 Roanoke County Board of Supervisors meeting, Supervisor Mahoney removed a consent-agenda item in order to discuss the county’s administrative support for schools. Mahoney urged greater collaboration between county departments — including the county attorney’s office, finance, and parks and recreation — and the school division to identify opportunities to lower budget overhead.
The board approved the remainder of the consent agenda and later, during member reports, directed staff to investigate different tax-relief possibilities as part of the ongoing budget cycle. The recap records the direction to staff but does not include formal motion wording, a mover/second, or a recorded vote tally for the directive.
The discussion as reported focused on process and coordination rather than a specific tax-relief ordinance; next steps were described as staff study and reporting within the budget process.
