Money and voting

 

Money matters

Goochland Supervisors met on April 19 to adopt a budget for FY 23, which begins on July 1, and set tax rates for calendar year 2022. Local taxes are due in June and December.

As expected, the real estate tax rate remains at 53 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. Thanks to burgeoning real estate assessments, this represents a tax increase of approximately 11 percent over 2021. The rate for personal property, which includes vehicles, boats, and airplanes was reduced to $3.75 per $100 of valuation. Fire-rescue volunteers are exempt from persona property tax on one vehicle in recognition of their valuable service to the community. The ad valorem tax rate levied on property in the Tuckahoe Creek Service District remains at 32 cents per $100 of assessed valuation in addition to the base tax rate.

Rates for users of municipal water will increase by three percent; sewer rates by four percent.

Tax relief for certain elderly and disable persons was increased from $900 to $1,000.

A $124,372,612 budget for FY 2023 was adopted. Funds were appropriated by category so they may be spent.

Board Chair Neil Spoonhower, District 2, and Interim County Administrator Manuel Alvarez, Jr. thanked county and school staff for the hard work, attention to detail, and cooperation that is part of a successful budget process.

The board approved a resolution in support of a resolution in support of submission of a 2022 infrastructure community project funding application to the House Appropriations Committee of VDOT to provide funding for the improvement of the Interstate 64/Oilville Road interchange.

The supervisors amended the FY22 budget by appropriating $648,297, from collected road proffers and a distribution from the Central Virginia Transportation Authority, to cover the difference between the lowest responsive bid and estimated cost of the roundabout at the intersection of Sandy Hook and Fairground Road.  Supply chain issues, increasing cost of materials, and inflation caused the issue. Construction is expected to begin sometime this summer.

Electoral redistricting

The redistricting map approved by the supervisors last month is now officially set in stone. Go to https://www.goochlandva.us/1191/Redistricting for details. The only item expected to be on the November ballot is election of a representative to the United States Congress. Goochland is now in the 5^th Congressional District, currently represented by Bob Good (R) of Campbell County. Goochland Director of Elections Ryan Mulligan will mail all registered voters new voter cards indicating the location of your polling place, which may have changed. Go to https://www.goochlandva.us/359/Elections-and-Voter-Registration for further information.