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Rockbridge supervisors adopt FY27 appropriation resolutions and receive financial update
Summary
The Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors approved multiple FY27 appropriation resolutions for schools and county funds, adopted a final payroll rule, and heard a financial report showing FY26 revenues at roughly $51.6 million and expenditures near $57.0 million (year‑to‑date deficit offset by a recent positive adjustment).
The Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors voted June 22 to adopt FY27 appropriation resolutions for school and county funds, approved a final payroll rule, and accepted the county’s financial report.
Finance staff told the board that FY26 revenues were reported at $51,635,750 (about 79% of estimates) while expenditures totaled roughly $57.0 million (about 81%), leaving a year‑to‑date gap of $5,373,524; staff also said that as of the morning of June 22 the county showed a $474,000 surplus. School appropriations for FY27 were presented as $39,810,690 for the schools, $1,599,225 for the school cafeteria fund and $3,624,961 for the school debt fund. The board adopted the related appropriation resolutions by recorded voice vote.
County staff also briefed the board on tax revenue lines and operational items: sales tax receipts, lodging tax performance, a cigarette tax (reported at $176,250 or about 78% of estimate), and a software rollout planned for July 1 with expanded staff use expected in August. Staff said the county’s grazing, lodging and sales tax trends will inform FY27 budget assumptions and that ARPA funds referenced in prior budgets have been fully expended.
The board also approved a routine final payroll rule to allow staff to process end‑of‑year payroll. All measures in the financial and appropriation package passed by unanimous vote of the board members present (Supervisor Brown, Supervisor Day, Supervisor Ays, Supervisor Hart and Chairman McDaniel).
What’s next: Appropriation decisions authorize departments to spend in FY27 consistent with the adopted budget; staff will proceed with the software rollout and continue routine financial monitoring. Any future requests to change board compensation or significant budget changes would be brought back to the board for public hearing as required by state law.
