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Lexington council adopts budget ordinance 2025‑10, appoints Camille Miller, and moves to closed session on police chief candidates
Summary
The Lexington City Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2025‑10 (carryovers, FY26 budget amendments and appropriations including Cemetery Fund and Rockbridge Human Services Center), appointed Camille Miller to the Department of Social Services, and voted to convene a closed session under Virginia Code 2.2‑3711(a)(1) to discuss police chief candidates.
The Lexington City Council adopted Ordinance 2025‑10 in a unanimous roll‑call vote after a public hearing during which no members of the public spoke. Jen Bell walked the council through the ordinance’s components, which include FY25 carryovers into FY26, reallocations within the FY26 first‑quarter budget, and specific appropriations for the Cemetery Fund and the Rockbridge Human Services Center.
Why it matters: The ordinance moves previously received grant and project funds forward so planned capital projects and community programs can proceed and clarifies the city’s budget posture for FY26.
Bell told the council that the carryovers are largely routine: unused grant funds and…
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