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Occoquan council adopts FY2027 budget and sets tax rates unanimously
Summary
The council approved the FY2027 General Fund and other fund budgets and set several tax rates (real estate, meals, transient occupancy, cigarette) by unanimous votes; the General Fund budgets total $1,586,786.
At its May 19 meeting, the Occoquan Town Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund budget and a suite of other funds and set the town’s tax rates for the coming fiscal year.
Councilmember Theo Daubresse moved to adopt the FY2027 General Fund budget, beginning July 1, 2026, with $1,586,786 in expenses and $1,586,786 in revenues; Councilmember Cindy Fithian seconded and the motion passed by unanimous roll call vote. The Events Fund budget ($236,379 in expenses and $323,797 in revenues), the Capital Improvement Plan ($1,389,231 in expenses and revenues), the Mamie Davis Fund (0 expenses; $1,000 revenues) and the E-Summons Fund ($13,160 expenses; $15,000 revenues) were each adopted by unanimous vote.
On tax rates, Councilmember Eliot Perkins moved to set the real estate tax rate for FY2027 (effective July 1, 2026) at $0.116 per $100 of assessed valuation; Councilmember Fithian seconded and the motion passed by unanimous roll call. The council also set the meals tax at 3.5%, the transient occupancy tax at 7%, and the cigarette sales tax at $0.40 per pack ($0.02 per cigarette), each by unanimous roll call vote.
All budget and tax votes passed unanimously according to the meeting minutes. The minutes do not record separate dissenting views or conditions attached to the appropriations.
