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New Kent supervisors debate using Colonial Downs and photo-enforcement funds to reduce tax increase and add deputies
Summary
County Administrator Hathaway proposed using Colonial Downs funds and reallocating automated speed-enforcement money to reduce a proposed real-estate tax increase and to fund three deputy positions this fiscal year (three more next year); board approved authorization to hire three deputies but members cautioned about using one-time funds for ongoing personnel.
County Administrator Hathaway presented an updated FY27 budget option at the March work session, saying the proposed general fund increase had been reduced and that allocating additional Colonial Downs funds toward debt service would allow the county to cut the proposed real-estate tax rate by one penny to $0.58 per $100 of assessed value.
"The proposed real estate rate is now 58¢ per 100, which is a reduction of 1¢," Hathaway told the board and detailed a $4.8 million net increase in the general fund under the revised plan. He…
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