Three more budget town halls scheduled in Albemarle County

Albemarle County will not hold a public hearing on County Executive Jeffrey Richardson’s proposed budget for FY2026 until April 23. A week later on April 30 there will be a public hearing on the county’s tax rates.

Already there have been four work sessions and four budget town halls. Those town halls all feature the same basic presentation and allow people to ask questions about how Albemarle government works and what’s in the budget.

Supervisor Michael Pruitt said the town halls in his district have already been held.

“We still have about three more on the docket but I have finished my third and final so thank you for everyone who came out to those,” Pruitt said.

Those will be held:

• April 9 at 5:30 p.m. at Western Albemarle High School
• April 10 at 5:30 p.m. at North Fork Research Park
• April 14 at 5:30 p.m. at Journey Middle School

“We are honored to be the very last town hall but we’ll be wrapping all of them up,” said Supervisor Diantha McKeel. “Come on, come all! It’s your last opportunity.”

There is a recording of the one that was held at Monticello High School. At publication time there have been 55 views. Sammy Hagar is not pleased and we must get that number higher because he cannot.

There is also a budget work session scheduled for April 7, 2025. For all of my stories about Albemarle’s budget process, visit Information Charlottesville.

Watch a recent town hall:

Before you go: This particular segment is the first from the April 3, 2025 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. That particular edition is intended to include as much as possible from the April 2, 2025 meeting of the Albemarle Board of Supervisors. It’s also being recorded for the April 5, 2025 edition of the Charlottesville Community Engagement radio show as well as the next podcast. Why? Because it is there!