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Louisa County adopts FY27 budget, cuts personal-property tax rate and approves nearly 3,000 acres of Ag/Forestal additions
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Summary
The Louisa County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted the FY27 operation and maintenance budget and capital plan, approved a 15% reduction in the personal-property tax rate (from $2.43 to $2.07), and voted to add roughly 3,000 acres across multiple agricultural and forestal districts.
The Louisa County Board of Supervisors on April 27 adopted the county’s FY27 operation and maintenance budget and capital improvement plan, approved a permanent 15% reduction to the personal-property tax rate and granted applications to expand several agricultural and forestal districts.
Supervisor Williams proposed replacing a one‑time rebate with a permanent rate change for personal property, saying, “A rebate is something that does not necessarily carry through from year to year… I would like to propose that instead of a rebate this year on personal property, we changed personal property rate from 2.43 to 2.07,” which the board accepted. Chair (speaker 1) framed the action as direct tax relief, saying, “This is a reduction in the tax rate.” The board voted by unanimous voice vote to set the real-estate rate at $0.72 per $100 and to lower the personal-property rate to $2.07.
County staff and supervisors emphasized the change is intended to provide lasting relief tied to the county’s economic development strategy. The chair noted the board’s effort to attract business investment — in particular data centers — and said the board expects those commercial investments to help shift more of the tax burden away from residents over time.
The board also adopted the FY27 capital improvement plan and unanimously approved a budget supplement requested by Louisa County Public Schools to move several capital projects into FY26 so work can occur over the summer; the schools will pay using turn‑back funds from FY25.
In a separate set of votes the board approved five additions to agricultural and forestal districts recommended by staff and the planning commission: Goldmine Creek (about 402.2 acres), Ellisville (about 2,047 acres), South Anna (about 413.264 acres), Taylor’s Creek (about 79.87 acres) and Indian Creek (about 25.8 acres). Planning staff noted the meeting’s approvals total roughly 3,000 acres added and that more than 5,000 acres in applications have come in since the planner’s start date.
All budget, tax and district items were adopted by unanimous voice votes. The county administrator and planning staff will proceed with implementation steps described in the adopted plans and the board directed staff to return any required follow‑up items at future meetings.
Votes at a glance • Personal‑property tax rate change (motion by Supervisor Williams): approved unanimously; personal property rate reduced from $2.43 to $2.07. • FY27 operation and maintenance budget: adopted unanimously. • FY27 capital improvement plan: adopted unanimously. • School capital-project budget supplement (move projects from FY27 to FY26 using FY25 turn‑back funds): adopted unanimously. • Ag/Forestal district additions (Goldmine Creek, Ellisville, South Anna, Taylor’s Creek, Indian Creek): each approved unanimously.
The board adjourned at the end of the meeting; staff will publish the adopted budget documents and the planning office will record the agricultural/forestal district additions per the county’s normal processes.
