The Mathews County Board of Supervisors held a budget workshop Monday focused on trimming the draft $26.44 million FY2025-2026 budget and thereby lowering the 10 cents tax rate increase that would be needed to fund it.
The board appeared hesitant to make some of the cuts proposed by County Administrator Ramona Wilson and ended up trimming just $79,747 from the budget, leaving the tax rate at 10 cents per $100 of assessed value and the board with more work to do.
With a public hearing on the budget scheduled for 6 p.m. next Thursday, April 17, supervisors’ chair Tim Doss said on Tuesday morning that the board will be looking at the budget again. A meeting for that purpose was set for 9 a.m. this coming Monday in the historic courthouse on Court Street.
During past Monday’s meeting, Doss explained to those present that the initial budget the board looked at on Feb. 3 included requests from all departments, schools, and outside agencies and would have required a whopping 18 cents increase...