Spotsylvania supervisors approve 1.4-cent tax increase for 2020 budget
The supervisors set the real estate tax rate at
The supervisors' vote was 4-3, with
The key sticking points on the budget revolved around funding for schools and covering the county's employee health insurance program.
The supervisors added
Another change came from a proposal by Yakabouski and approved by the board to eliminate the county's fee for concealed firearm permits, which removed
Schools Superintendent
The additional local funds cut into the
"I'm disappointed we didn't get the full
The school system want to fund 149 new positions in the budget, much more than the 30 new hires supervisors expected. Baker has told the supervisors that his budget request reflects the actual needs to get the system where it needs to be.
Braswell echoed what Baker and Chief Financial Officer
Braswell said the school system "lost money" because of the state doesn't provide enough funds to cover the required positions.
Braswell said the
"It's our responsibility to meet our priorities," he said. "We're gonna look out for our employees."
Public safety funding also was a key part of discussions during the budget process, with supervisors looking to increase pay, based on a report from the county's fire and rescue officials and the
Implementing the new public safety pay scale would have cost
Public safety accounts for 11 percent of the operating budget, the second highest expenditure in the proposal. Fire and rescue requests total
The budget also includes funding for staff pay increases, based on a study produced for the county, amounting to
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