The county is facing a million-dollar shortfall at the end of the fiscal year, Samantha Koon writes for the Daily Progress. The $1.07M shortfall results from less income from real estate taxes than expected. Relative to Albemarle’s $304M budget, it’s not an enormous amount of money, but it’s still got to come out of somewhere. They’ve has faced larger shortfalls in recent years, especially back in 2008, as the economy was collapsing. The Board of Supervisors will figure out how to deal with the problem in work sessions next month.
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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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Maybe the County ought to ask for a deferred payment to the City’s Revenue Sharing fund. The City is awash in money and is funding every request it gets.
The city would be much more flush with money if it had annexed the county properties it had every right to annex back in the day. The revenue sharing agreement has been a financial windfall for albemarle county.
While they’re asking to defer revenue sharing, maybe they could also ask the State to defer the prohibition on annexation. With Stonefield construction underway, the annexing option really should be back on the table.
I don’t know why people keep bringing up the R/S agreement. It’s over and done with. There is no way for it to be changed unless both parties want to exit. Or unless the City gives up it’s status as an independent political entity, and I don’t see that happening either- do you ?
Indeed. An agreement is an agreement, which is why the city has been so diligent about living up to its agreements regarding the Meadowcreek Parkway and the water plan. Oh wait…..
The city always honors it agreements-eventually- unless of course some small and vocal group wants to look at an endless stream of new data.
Other than that or unless they have to delay because not all stockholders have fully bought into the idea and we need to have a couple more public meetings to make sure that all voices are heard and earnestly considered. …
Oh and they might have till wait till the grant is awarded because if we get that grant to pay for all the additional planning that we could really use …that would be when a decision would be final…probably