This week’s update will be short and sweet. Two things: (1) If you haven’t heard by now, the FY19 budget process is done. Whew. The headline says it was a 7-0 vote, but I encourage you to read beyond the headlines. Starting July 1, the real estate tax rate will increase […]
There are a lot of good things to acknowledge about this year’s budget, and I don’t think we take enough stock to recognize how fortunate we are as a community, compared to even our peers in the region, much of Virginia, and the country. I’ve got 5 things I think have been good and 5 […]
Thank you for all of the great feedback on last week’s FAQs post. When these updates get passed around by you and I am reaching more people about “boring city news”, I’ve appreciated hearing that this information is useful and that my efforts are worth it! Please keep sharing. We’re in […]
City Council made several important decisions this week – we voted unanimously 6-0 for the Broad and Washington project and authorized the issuance of $24M worth of bonds for myriad of projects, including the final amount for the Mt. Daniel expansion, architecture and engineering for the library expansion, and tranche 1 […]
I’m taking a brief departure from “all budget, all the time” in this week’s update. While we spent 4 hours in work session this week – mostly on the general government budget – after writing this week’s FCNP commentary and an interview about affordable housing, I’ll leave you with those […]