The city schools’ budget, and a city council budget hearing, will explore funding gaps and increases in taxes, rates, and fees.
by Martin Davis
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Both the Fredericksburg City Council and the Fredericksburg School Board have critical meetings on the horizon this month.
This evening at 6:00 PM at the Walker-Grant Center, the School Board and the City Council will hold a joint work session on the school system’s proposed budget.
Adjustments to the Local Composite Index have left the Fredericksburg school system scrambling to make up a projected $1.5 million shortfall. That number is better than it was a month ago, based upon an anticipated increase of $1.7 million in funding from the General Assembly.
Then, on April 16, the City Council will hold a budget public hearing on proposed increases to the admissions tax, tobacco (cigarette) tax, and courthouse security fees. There will also be a public hearing on increases to the water and sewer rates and fees.
The hearings begin at 7:00 PM in the City Council chambers.
The current rates and proposed increases follow:
