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Lynchburg council weighs using one‑time reserves to extend vehicle and trash fee waivers; schools seek one‑time funding
Summary
Council discussed options to continue waiving the motor vehicle license fee ($1,550,000/year) and the $10 monthly trash fee ($2,480,000/year), weighing recurring revenue against one‑time reserves and proposing $1.6 million in one‑time funds for school capital requests.
Council members and finance staff spent the work session exploring how to keep two citizen fees waived for another year while protecting core services. Donna Witt, the finance staff lead, told the committee that the motor vehicle license fee generates about $1,550,000 annually and that the city had identified roughly $650,000 in additional recurring state revenue that is not included in the FY27 proposed budget. "If we're gonna continue this, we really need to replace it with recurring revenue," Witt said.
Witt outlined two recurring options and several one‑time options. One recurring option would be to free up roughly $900,000 now…
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