Fluvanna holds public hearing on FY27 budget and CIP; advertised real‑estate rate at 0.77

County staff presented the Fluvanna County FY27 capital improvement plan and proposed tax rates during a public hearing April 1. The advertised maximum real‑estate rate presented was 0.77 per $100 of assessed value; the FY27 CIP line for the coming year was listed at $54.9 million with a five‑year request total of about $187.9 million. Staff said the advertised numbers reflect a mix of local funds and specific non‑local funds (for example, a large Fork Union project financed with proffers or other earmarked funds).

Miss Melton (county budget staff) explained that proposed revenues and expenditures for FY27 would increase from the prior year because of several capital requests and that personal property and machinery and tools rates remain flat while public‑service corporation personal property would see an increase in the advertised schedule. The board opened the required public hearing (Code of Virginia subsection 15.2‑2506 was cited during the presentation) and took two registered public speakers. Supporters and commenters thanked the board for the thoughtful budget process and asked the board to prioritize school staffing and to consider library programming needs.

The board will consider budget adoption at its April 8 meeting in the Morris Room of the Administration Building; staff noted advertised figures are a maximum and not necessarily the final adopted rates.

Next procedural step: final vote on the FY27 budget and tax rates at the board meeting scheduled for April 8.