The Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (FY 24) budget for the general county and fiscal agencies will run from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. Click the image below to view the budget document.

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FY2023-2024 BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING 

The FY2023-2024 Budget Public Hearing took place on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Click on the image below to view the County Administrator's presentation.

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WORK SESSIONS

Click on the dates to view materials distributed at each meeting.

April 12, 2023 - Three scenarios were presented by the Finance Director as requested by Board members.  After discussion, the concensus was to prepare a budget resolution that illustrates Scenario B which includes a $0.51 real estate tax rate and uses County Capital Fund monies to fund the Transportation Project Fund transfer, six school buses, and a portion of school facilities preventive maintenance needs.  This scenario also fully funds the General Fund transfer to the School Operating Fund which equates to $103,015,936.

April 5, 2023 - The County Administrator provided an updated timeline for the remainder of the FY2024 budget process.  Click here to view presentation.  FY2024 budget scenarios were presented that included $0.51, $0.53, and $0.55 real estate tax rates.  Supervisor McCann-Slaughter introduced another scenario with the $0.51 revenue neutral tax rate that utilizes an alternative funding arrangement that fully funds the school operating request as well as funding school buses and school facilities preventive maintenance needs with County Capital Fund monies.

March 8, 2023 - The Superintendent of Schools presented the Schools Board's proposed FY2024 budget.  The total proposed budget equals $228.1 million, an increase of $10.6 million over FY2023.  The requested transfer from the General Fund to the School Operating Fund for FY2024 is $104.6 million, an increase of $9.2 million over FY2023.  Click here to view the presentation.  The public hearing on the proposed FY2024 budget is scheduled for Wednesday, March 22 at 7:00PM.

March 1, 2023 - The County Administrator provided a timeline for the remainder of the FY2024 budget process to include outstanding items and short-term and long-term initiatives.  Click here to view presentation. Three budget scenarios were then presented by the Finance Director that included a $0.55, $0.57, and $0.51 real estate tax rate.  A concensus could not be reached as to what real estate tax rate to include in the budget public hearing advertisement, therefore, the advertised real estate tax rate defaults to the current rate of $0.61.  The March 8 budget work session is the last scheduled meeting before the advertisement date of March 14, 2023.

February 22, 2023 - The Finance Director shared two proposed FY2024 budget scenarios - one with a 55-cent real estate tax rate and one with a 57-cent real estate tax rate.  Fire & Rescue topics such as new positions, apparatus, new fire station, grants, and revenue recovery were discussed.

February 15, 2023 - The County Administrator shared capital and new position strategies as well as several tax rate scenarios to fund FY2024 requests.

    February 8, 2023 - The Winchester Regional Airport Executive Director provided a FY2024 Budget Request presentation.  Click here to view presentation.  The Information Technologies Director provided a FY2024 Budget Request presentation.  Click here to view presentation.
    February 1, 2023 - The Parks and Recreation Director provided a FY2024 Budget Request presentation.  Click here to view presentation.  The Sheriff provided a FY2024 Budget presentation.  Click here to view presentation.  Other topics of discussion included vehicle usage, expansion of glass recycling, and business license rates.
    January 25, 2023 - The Finance Director gave an overview of the proposed FY 2024 budget.  Click here to view the presentation.

Budget Q & A

  • Does the Board of Supervisors approve expenditures for the county schools?

    The Board of Supervisors adopts a total county budget that includes funding for school operating, school capital, school debt service, school food service, and school related regional programs. The budget resolution is adopted by the Board of Supervisors by fund totals and does not allocate funding at program level. The county elected School Board is responsible for funding levels by programs and services.

  • How are expenditures funded?

    Expenditures are funded with revenues derived from taxes, fees, user charges, reimbursed costs and state/federal allocations.

  • What is included in the county's budget?

    The general fund budget provides for the daily operations of the county government and is funded with local, state and federal revenue. Local revenue contributes to the majority of funding to general fund. Expenditures in the general fund budget include government administration, judicial administration, public safety, public works, health and welfare, parks and recreation, community development , transfers to the various school funds, and transfers to the airport and jail operating fund.