UPCOMING: - Thursday, April 14th - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - 9:00am Courthouse - Tuesday, April 19th - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' ZONING WORK SESSION - 6:00pm Courthouse - Thursday, April 21st - BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' BUDGET WORK SESSION - 7:00pm Courthouse - Wednesday, April 27th - PLANNING COMMISSION - 7:30pm Courthouse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUNTEERS NEEDED - Saturday, May 14th 7:00pm-10:00pm and Sunday, May 15th 1:30pm-4:30pm for the Central VA Rodeo at Oak Ridge. We will receive a donation for our work serving beer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARD OF SUPERVISORS' BUDGET WORK SESSION Tuesday, April 12, 2005 All Supervisors present. NELSON COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL - Supervisors considered a request from the Veterans of Foreign Wars to fund the repair and relocation of the war memorial at the school complex. The plan for the movement of the monument was not included or accomplished during the construction at the school. After discussion, Supervisors voted 4-0 (Mr. Wood absent for this vote) to appropriate $15,000 from surplus bus garage funds for the work on the memorial. 05-06 BUDGET - Mr. Carter presented updated information on local real estate tax collections based on completion of the 2005 Land Book. The revision was from $10,070,460 to $10,294,268 (+$223,808). EMS COUNCIL - Supervisors agreed to fund at a 3.5% increase or $362,801.88 plus $10,784 for a generator for the new rescue squad building. The $362,801.88 is a $13,525 decrease from the Council's request. VEHICLES - Supervisors reviewed the state contract request from the Sheriff's Office and a request for a truck for the Maintenance Department and agreed to leave those requests in the budget. THOMAS JEFFERSON SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT - Supervisors reviewed a request from TJSWCD for an additional $6,000 for the urban/suburban programming in Nelson based on increased workload. Supervisors agreed to fund the agency at last year's level plus a 3.5% increase. NELSON COUNTY LIBRARY - Supervisors reviewed a request from the Library Advisory Committee asking that the county fund the utilities for the building, noting that the approximately $6,500 currently paid by the Library includes utilities for the Tourism office. Supervisors kept funding at the 04-05 level plus 3.5% with a note to review the request again at the end of the budget process. CAPITAL OUTLAY - - Solid Waste Convenience Centers - Supervisors approved the $53,040 proposed. The budgeted amount is the interest cost for the first year of financing the development of three sites plus improvements to the transfer station. The proposed financing would be for $1.3 to $1.4 million for 10 years. - Train Depot Roof - Supervisors approved the $13,000 to replace the Depot roof. - Courthouse Renovation Planning - Supervisors approved the $550,000 which is the one-time windfall from twice-a-year personal property collection. - GIS (Geographical Information System) - Supervisors approved the $115,000. - Nelson County Playground Initiative - Ms. Margaret Clair presented a request for a resolution of support for an application for funding to the VA Department of Conservation and Recreation Outdoor Grant program. The budget for the project is $100,000 on two playgrounds (one at The Nelson Center and one at Rockfish Ruritan Park) with a 50/50 DCR grant. She noted that the group would raise the other $50,000 without requesting county funds but asked for support for the grant application. Further discussion tabled until the afternoon session. PINEY RIVER PHASE 3 - Mr. Carter reported that the costs for the individual lateral connections for the project had been estimated at $112,000 but that the engineers have since measured the lines and increased that estimate to $237,000 (+$125,000). The work will still go to bid so the cost could again change. In addition, Mr. Carter noted that if the additional grant/loan funding that the county has applied for is not approved, the costs for the laterals could be as high as $450,000. SCHOOL OPERATING FUND - Supervisors tentatively increased the school budget from the staff recommended $8,181,051 to $8,404,859. The schools had requested an increase over last year of $645,819. The staff had recommended an increase of $276,653. Supervisors added the $233,808 increase in revised real estate revenues for a proposed increase of $500,461. SCHOOL CAPITAL EXPENSE REQUEST - Supervisors then reviewed a request from the schools for an additional $1,217,348 for improvements - including the replacement of 12 buses, work on parking lots and replacement of furnishings among other things. Supervisors directed staff to request additional information on the requested bus replacements and on the work to be done on parking lots. Further discussion tabled for that information. Budget Work Session adjourned. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- OF INTEREST: - Sunday, June 5th - Friends of the Rockfish Watershed Annual Meeting - 3-5pm The Meander Inn ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This report, sent to over 600 Nelson County citizens, was made possible by the generous donations of Rural Nelson members and supporters. We need your help to continue this service. Please consider donating. Kim T. Cash Field Officer Rural Nelson, Inc. P. O. 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