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PALMYRA — The Board of Supervisors are meeting Wednesday night to set a tax rate and adopt a budget for the 2011 fiscal year. The supervisors have advertised a budget with a $0.56 tax rate. In that budget the school system would be cut by 6.7 percent to $14 million provided from local funds. The [...]
PALMYRA — A true eleventh-hour move brought the Board of Supervisors to approve advertising a real estate tax increase to $.56 per $100 assessed with a 4-2 vote. Earlier in the meeting, after a plan from Supervisor Shaun Kenney, Columbia District, did not elicit support, the board voted 4-2 for no tax increase. Dissenting were [...]
Sometimes I make mistakes. Sadly, when I make a mistake it hurts those who depend on my articles. I have a mistake in the School Board Budget article. The proposed tax increase is 10 percent and just $.05 overall. That would raise the tax rate to $.55 per $100 assessed. I sincerely apologize for the [...]
Updated: 3/11/2010 at 11:34 to fix wording issues causing confusion PALMYRA — Fluvanna’s School Board passed a $32 million budget Thursday night unknowingly in a smaller deficit than expected. The budget includes a cut in salary expense by $784,000 and a reduction in staff by $1.05 million. To help with the reduction in staff by [...]
PALMYRA — Fluco Blog has learned how Fluvanna proposes to balance the troublesome School Board budget. An education source says the proposed cuts include a four percent cut in pay for all staff. It is also propose there will be no new hires unless required by state regulations, no stipends given to staff leaders of [...]
Palmyra — Budget woes of the county met the harsh reality the largest part of the budget is facing addition shortfalls. Fluvanna County Public Schools receive over 60 percent of the county budget. Of the budget the schools develop, over 80 percent comes from the state and federal government. The projected funds from outside and [...]