DANVILLE, Va. â City Manager Ken Larking presented the proposed Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget, which includes no proposed tax increases, no rate increases, no use of the fund balance and several areas for investment, to Danville City Council in a work session Tuesday evening.
âWe want to invest in Danville,â Larking said during the meeting. âWe want to invest in our neighborhoods and people. We want to create a great home for our community, and this is how we do that.â
Danvilleâs budget for next year is an expected $114.7 million dollars. Major revenue increases include $410,000 in additional delinquent and current real estate taxes, more than $130,000 in additional personal property taxes and nearly $1 million in additional sales taxes. However, they are also looking at a just over $250,000 reduction in hotel tax revenue, which Larking said is COVID related.Â
CHATHAM, Va. â The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors Finance Committee yesterday afternoon approved advertisement of the county budget for the fiscal year 2021-22. The board also heard updates on solar farm taxation options and 2022 property reassessment.
County Administrator David Smitherman presented a budget of over $211 million for FY 2021-22, of which $71.5 million comprises the general fund. The remainder is state and federal funds, amalgamating to an annual county budget totaling $26 million more than last year.
The budget proposal isnât perfect, but, It s our attempt to get us through one more year, Smitherman said.
Four years ago, the board engendered a four-year live within our means plan, Smitherman said. The plan helped the county bounce back from a historic low point in 2018, when county administrators were worried if they d be able to pay their own employees. Debt has diminished ever since.
The Danville Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at Woodside Village (1321 Piney Forest Road Apt. B16) Saturday morning at 2:28 a.m.
Engine 5 and Engine 2 arrived and reported smoke showing from a second-story apartment. Firefighters entered the apartment and found fire in the kitchen area. As firefighters entered the apartment, the ceiling fell in the kitchen.
The fire started on the stovetop and spread to the cabinets in the kitchen. The fire was controlled within ten minutes. The rest of the apartment had heat and smoke damage. A search of the apartment confirmed everyone had escaped.
The other seven apartments were also searched to confirm everyone was out of the building. Two downstairs apartments received water damage.
Kitchen fire forces seven out of their Danville apartment
The Fire Marshal confirmed the fire was started by unattended cooking on the stovetop
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DANVILLE, Va. – A kitchen fire early Saturday morning leaves seven people without a place to live in Danville.
It happened around 2:30 a.m. at the Woodside Village complex on Piney Forest Road.
When firefighters entered the second-story apartment, they found fire in the kitchen area. The fire started on the stovetop and spread to the cabinets in the kitchen.
February 20, 2021
DANVILLE, Va. – The Danville Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at Woodside Village at 1321 Piney Forest Road, Apt. B16 at 2:28 am Saturday morning.
The first crews on scene reported smoke showing from a second-story apartment. Firefighters entered the apartment and found fire in the kitchen area. As firefighters entered the apartment the ceiling fell in the kitchen.
The fire started on the stove top and spread to the cabinets in the kitchen. The fire was controlled within ten minutes.
The rest of the apartment had heat and smoke damage. A search of the apartment confirmed everyone had gotten out safelyd. The other seven apartments were also searched to confirm everyone was out of the building.