Recap of April 25 Board of Supervisors Meeting

April 25 Meeting Recap

Board Approves to Keep the 2024 Tax Levies for Real Property, Tangible Personal Property, Mobile Homes, and Machinery and Tools at Existing Rate

The Board of Supervisors at its April 25 meeting held a public hearing for the establishment of the 2024 tax levies for real property, tangible personal property, mobile homes, and machinery and tools. After the public hearing was heard, the Board voted 5-0, to keep the tax rates the same with no increase or decrease. Therefore, personal property will remain at $3.90, mobile homes and real property at $0.82, and machinery and tools at $1.50.

Estimated FY2024 assessed values, net of new construction and improvements, have grown by 6.5% over 2022 values. The equalization rate would be 77¢ (a 5¢ reduction from the current 82¢ rate). If the assessed value increases by more than 1% (excluding new construction and improvements), §58.1-3321 Code of Virginia states that the County must reduce the tax rate so that revenues are less than or equal to 101% of prior year levies (equalization / “reduced rate”), or the County may increase the effective tax rate after advertising and holding a public hearing with notice of the “effective tax rate increase.” There was no recommendation to lower the tax rate to 77¢, and the introduced budget proposes keeping the real property tax rate at 82¢. The Board held a public hearing and took no action as required.

Other matters that came before the Board at its meeting:

· Received the quarterly Financial Report.

· Received a quarterly update on the Strategic Plan.

· Approved on consent a resolution to set a percentage of tax relief for the 2023 tax year at a level that is anticipated to exhaust Personal Property Tax Relief Funds provided to the County of Prince George by the Commonwealth of Virginia as authorized by County Code Section 74-3.

· Unanimously postponed to May 23 a contract amendment and appropriation in the amount of $8,250 to Guernsey Tingle for additional Convenience Station Architectural Services and to cease all future payments with Guernsey Tingle pending further negotiations.

· Held a public hearing and unanimously approved a rezoning amendment request of James R. Jones Builder, Inc. to amend the proffered conditions of Rezoning Case ZM-03-004 relating to buffer requirements, minimum house size, and number of building permits permitted per year.

· Held a public hearing and unanimously approved a Comprehensive Plan Amendment request of Erica Craft and Pamela Craft to amend the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map designation for a specific property from “Residential” to “Neighborhood Commercial,” in order to support a companion rezoning request for the same property.

· Held a public hearing and unanimously approved a rezoning request of Erica Craft and Pamela Craft to rezone approximately 2 acres from Residential Agricultural (R-A) to General Commercial (B-1) to operate a bakery on the property.

· Held a public hearing and unanimously approved a Special Exception request of Nicole Shenjobi and Daphne Moore to permit an adult daycare facility within a General Commercial (B-1) Zoning District, pursuant to Prince George County Zoning Ordinance Section 90-393(8).