The five-member Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors will held a work session on Thursday night on County Administrator Eric Dahl’s proposed budget for FY25. He first presented the budget to them on February 7. (review the budget)
“My fiscal year 2025 budget proposal totals a total budget of $107.5 million so with my budget proposal there is no change to the real estate tax rate,” Dahl said. “It remains unchanged at $0.84.4.”
Dahl said the personal property tax remains unchanged at $4.10 per $100 of assessed value.
The overall increase in county expenditures are $1.9 million or a 1.9 percent increase over the amended FY24 budget.
“Some of the budget pressures [include] cost for providing public safety,” Dahl said. “The biggest one of those is the newly created department of emergency services which is now providing paid county staff EMS providers.”
Dahl said other pressures include updating heating, ventilation and cooling systems at the 33 public buildings run by either local government or the school system.
“And then just the increasing costs of goods and services over the last 12 months,” Dahl said. “The [Consumer Price Index] increased 3.4 percent and certainly budget pressures. We want to maintain competitive salaries and benefits for county and school systems staff.”
There will be a series of work sessions throughout March with a public hearing scheduled for April 10.
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