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Budget hearing: no tax increase proposed; supervisors debate taking over tribe-funded security light, motion fails on tie
Summary
At a May 14 public hearing the Southampton County Board of Supervisors reviewed a proposed FY26 budget with no general tax increase, heard public concerns about school budget accounting, discussed taking on a tribe-funded security light (a motion to pay ongoing electric costs failed on a 3–3 tie), and unanimously approved funding for the Western Tidewater Community Services Board.
The Southampton County Board of Supervisors on May 14 held a public hearing on the proposed FY26 budget, heard multiple public commenters and took several budget-related actions.
A staff presenter summarized the proposed budget total as $87,887,099, with no proposed increase to general property taxes for FY26. The presentation broke the proposed total into fund-level figures, including a general fund of $28,189,486, an enterprise water and sewer fund of $4,977,323, a building fund of $11,370,568, a public assistance (social services) fund of $3,313,525, and a school fund figure cited in the packet. The presenter also noted proposed $5 increases to water and sewer rates and that the solid-waste fee would remain at $200 annually.
During the public-comment portion Chief Walt Redhawk Brown, identifying himself as chief of the Cheroenhaka Nottoway Indian…
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