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King William supervisors debate 3.5¢ tax-rate increase as staff lays out three budget scenarios
Summary
At a May 12 meeting, county staff presented three FY2026 budget scenarios tied to a proposed 3.5¢ per $100 tax-rate increase that staff projects would raise about $2.6 million; supervisors questioned revenue assumptions, flagged accounting concerns and deferred final budget action to upcoming meetings.
County staff and supervisors at the King William County Board of Supervisors meeting on May 12 continued a contentious discussion of the proposed FY2026 tax rate and budget choices, focusing on a proposed 3.5¢ per $100 increase and its projected revenue.
At the public hearing staff clarified advertising errors and explained that public-service personal property had been separated into vehicle/truck and non-vehicle categories; the advertised county real-estate rate increase of 3.5¢ would affect county (not school) funds, staff said (Speaker 7). "For tonight's hearing, specifically ... we did break one apart," Speaker 7 told the board when enumerating the corrected categories.
Budget staff (Ms. Stevens, first identified in the transcript as preparing…
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