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Botetourt County supervisors on Tuesday approved an increased budget with no tax rate changes â and the board continued on a path to replace its dilapidated courthouse.
The $111.5 million 2021-22 budget represents a 7.2 % increase in both revenues and expenditures and featured no change to the countyâs tax rates, which include $2.71 per $100 of assessed value on personal property, and $0.79 per $100 of assessed value on real estate.
The county schools will receive $65.2 million of what documents show is a balanced budget.
In other board action, the supervisors unanimously approved a set of measures that will allow the county to move forward with replacing its dilapidated courthouse.
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CARES Money for Broadband: Insights Gained from County Projects
The proposition of pursuing funding for broadband can seem unwise when a short timeline is involved. Here are lessons learned from counties that had to spend CARES dollars in the face of a fast construction deadline. Shutterstock
In 2020, states directed millions of Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds toward broadband infrastructure. While any money for high-speed Internet is a good thing, these dollars initially came with an aggressive December 2020 deadline, meaning that some local stakeholders were better positioned than others to take on the timeline burden.
Jessica Fowler is the chief client officer for Lit Communities, a company that helps local areas plan for and deploy fiber networks. She said the CARES legislation was well intentioned, but she felt it wasn’t written with a firm understanding of what it takes to complete a connectivity project. In order to use t
Blue Ridge District Supervisor Billy Martin thanked first responders, educators, medical professionals and other essential workers for helping keep life relatively normal during the pandemic.