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Hampton advances tax, fee and appropriation ordinances to May 14 for final adoption
Summary
Council advanced a suite of tax, fee and appropriation ordinances — including a proposed one-cent real estate tax reduction and multiple utility and stormwater fee increases — to a May 14 final adoption meeting after a second public hearing; council voted unanimously to advance the items.
The Hampton City Council advanced the manager’s recommended tax, fee and appropriation ordinances to a May 14 final adoption meeting after a second public hearing and staff presentation on budget impacts from a state veto.
The clerk read the hearing title and proposed changes: decreasing the real-estate tax rate from $1.15 to $1.14 per $100 of assessed value; increasing the courthouse security fee from $10 to $20 per case; raising the sewer user fee to $2.45 per 100 cubic feet and the sewer surcharge to $4.79 per 100 cubic feet; and increasing stormwater fees for commercial parcels and residential accounts (from $11.83 to $12.83 per ERU/month for residential and a proportional commercial increase).
City Manager Mary Bunting said staff was not asking council to take final action tonight but recommended advancing the ordinances to preserve the two-hearing requirement and allow public comment to inform any amendments. "We would not be proposing that council do anything tonight," Bunting said, stressing that staff plans to return with amendment language at next week’s meeting.
Council Member Ferdy moved to advance the proposed tax rate, fee, and appropriation ordinances to the May 14 meeting; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with all recorded members voting "Aye." If adopted next week, changes would take effect with the new fiscal year on July 1, 2025. The city noted that certain rates (for example, a real-estate tax reduction) would apply to bills issued after the fiscal-year change.
