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Roanoke finance director: personal property collections strong; communications tax and health & welfare spending need attention
Summary
Finance Director Margaret Lindsay told council April personal property collections were strong near the payment deadline, communications tax receipts have declined with changing technology, and health and welfare spending (largely CSA) is running near 92% of budget; staff will present additional CSA funds for appropriation June 16.
Finance Director Margaret Lindsay briefed Roanoke City Council on the city’s April 2025 financial report during the June 2 meeting, highlighting revenues, expenditure pressures and follow‑up actions.
Lindsay said the April personal‑property tax line reflected near‑deadline payments and cited roughly $5,400,000 in the April period and ‘‘just over $20,000,000’’ in collections to date. She cautioned that communications‑tax receipts have been a ‘‘bugaboo’’ for years because the underlying taxable items…
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