Last night, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors approved their $218.1M 2003-2004 budget, increasing spending by 4.8% over the current year’s budget. Tax rates were not changed. This fall, they intend to look at raising the car decal fee from $25 to $28.50 in order to generate an additional $227,500 in revenue annually. David Dadurka has the story in today’s Progress.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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$218.1 Million? What on earth are they buying? We’re barely more than a town. With a population of 45,000 thats $4846 for every man woman and child in the city.
Is that absurd to anyone else? Or is it just me?
It’s the County budget, not the city.
This is the Albemarle budget, not the Charlottesville budget. Albemarle has a population of 81,000, or expenses of $2,692 per person. It’s worth noting that the county has a per capita income of $28,852.
Doh, if I could READ perhaps I would have realized that.
That makes a lot more sense.
Although you got it wrong – yes, they are in a way, buying part of a town. It`s called Charlottesville which discriminates against County residents by charging them more for certain services although County residents contribute to those services via the tax route.
My favorite part is that whenever Albemarle increase taxes it hurts the index that the state use to determine a counties or cities ability to pay. Thus because of our high revenues Albemarle gets to pay more local tax so we can get less from the state.
Worse yet, we have to pay extortion money to the City in the form of "revenue sharing" – what the hell kind of pseudo socialist crap is THAT? :)