The Agenda: Local government briefs for 4.12.21
Chesterfield approves FY22 budget with BPOL tax exemption increase
Chesterfield supervisors adopted the county’s budget for fiscal year 2022 at their meeting last week.
The budget features an $807 million general fund and level tax rates. It provides $344.7 million in local money for the school district, as well as $226.8 million for the capital improvement program. The budget totals $1.6 billion across all funds.
With the budget’s adoption, the county’s business and occupation license (BPOL) tax exemption threshold increases from $300,000 to $400,000 effective July 1.
The budget also sets the stage for a November 2022 bond referendum, which includes approximately $300 million for expansion and renovation to middle schools, as well as $150 million to renovate and build new county facilities.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 4.5.21
Courtesy City of Richmond)
Street murals, TOD zoning on city planning agenda
The Richmond Planning Commission meets at 1:30 p.m. Monday. Full agenda here.
Business on the regular agenda includes a proposal from Bike Walk RVA to paint street murals and install wooden planter boxes as traffic-calming measures on Hull Street at 11th Street and at Lynnhaven and Wright avenues in the Oak Grove-Bellemeade neighborhood.
The murals would be painted by Richmond artist Silly Genius and are intended to enliven the areas and alert drivers to pedestrians and bicyclists. The murals would be multicolored and funded by Sports Backers/Bike Walk RVA through an AARP Community Challenge Grant.