The Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors got good news at a work session Thursday night in preparation for its upcoming vote on the fiscal year 2022 budget.
The board learned there was no longer a potential $700,000 budget shortfall as county tax revenue came in higher than expected, leaving the county with a surplus of $2.3 million going into the new fiscal year that begins July 1.
Assistant County Administrator Bonnie Jewell showed the board various options for spending the surplus.
Filling a $2.1 million gap in the funding request from the School Board is one option, according to Jewell. That money would allow the school system to give staff a 6 percent raise instead of a 5 percent raise. School employees did not receive a planned raise last year.