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Occoquan council advertises FY2027 budgets, holds $100,000 for Riverwalk planning
Summary
The Occoquan Town Council unanimously voted to advertise multiple FY2027 fund budgets and tax rates and confirmed a $100,000 placeholder in the CIP to advance Riverwalk planning while staff explores lower-cost construction options after new estimates exceeded expectations.
The Occoquan Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday to advertise proposed FY2027 budgets across multiple funds and to keep $100,000 in the Capital Improvement Program to advance Riverwalk planning.
Town Manager Adam Linn summarized prior budget work sessions before members approved budget advertisements by roll-call votes. Councilmember Cindy Fithian moved to advertise the proposed eSummons Fund budget (revenues $15,000; expenditures $13,160); the motion passed unanimously. Councilmember Eliot Perkins moved to advertise the Mamie Davis Park Fund (revenues $1,000; no planned expenditures), and Councilmember Robert Love moved approval of the Events Fund budget (revenues $323,797; expenditures $236,379); both motions passed on unanimous roll call votes.
Perkins then moved to advertise the General Fund budget, balanced at $1,586,786 in revenues and expenditures; Vice Mayor Jenn Loges seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The council then approved a slate of tax rates without change from the current year: a real estate tax of $0.116 per $100 of assessed value, a meals tax of 3.5 percent, a transient occupancy tax of 7.0 percent and a cigarette tax of 40 cents per pack (2 cents per cigarette). Councilmember Fithian moved the tax-rate advertisement and Perkins seconded; the motion passed unanimously by roll call vote.
The council also voted to advertise the CIP Fund budget, which Town Manager Linn confirmed includes a $100,000 allocation to advance the Riverwalk project to a shovel-ready stage—funding intended for surveys, investigations and engineering drawings should the council choose to proceed. Vice Mayor Loges moved to advertise the CIP Fund; Perkins seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Mayor Earnie Porta told the council that recent cost estimates from Town Engineer Reese for certain Riverwalk segments were “higher than anticipated,” citing an amount of over $400,000 for the Mill House Museum deck and roughly $373,000 for the connection between the kayak ramp and the existing Riverwalk. Porta directed Linn to explore more cost-effective contractor options and to preserve the $100,000 allocation in the FY2027 budget to keep the project ready for future advancement.
