Prince Edward County board adopts $131.66 million FY2026–27 county and school budgets and tax levies

Prince Edward County supervisors voted Tuesday to adopt the advertised 2026 tax levies and approve the county and school budgets for fiscal year 2026–27, adopting a proposed county budget of $131,660,584.

County staff introduced the package of three linked actions — setting the 2026 tax levies, approving the FY2026–27 Prince Edward County School budget and adopting the FY2026–27 county budget — and read the motion into the record before the board took a roll call vote. Stanley, a county staff member presenting the materials, told the board the documents and the motion text were included in the meeting packet and were available for questions.

The board proceeded with a recorded roll call. After members responded in the affirmative, the chair announced the motion carried and the budgets and tax levies were adopted as proposed.

The action follows a public hearing on April 14 on the proposed tax levies and the FY2026–27 budgets for both the county and the school system, which staff referenced when presenting the packet items. The motion on the floor specifically asked the board to adopt the advertised 2026 tax levies and approve the proposed county budget of $131,660,584.

Supervisor Jerry Townsend disclosed a personal interest in the school and county budget items before the vote, saying his wife is employed by Prince Edward County Public Schools and that he employs staff at Piedmont Regional Jail; Townsend said he filed a disclosure with the clerk and cited Section 2.2-311 of the Code of Virginia in explaining he may participate and vote.

The board provided no additional amendments on the floor and voted to adopt the budgets as presented. The chair announced the motion carried.