The majority of the Amherst County Board of Supervisors is leaning against a 2-percentage-point increase to the countyâs meals tax as a potential revenue source in the upcoming fiscal year 2022 budget, a measure county staff estimates could bring in as much as $550,000 annually.
Supervisors have discussed the possible tax following recent state legislation that opened up meal taxes as a way to create revenue for counties. The countyâs current meals tax is 4%.
Supervisor Claudia Tucker said during a Feb. 23 budget work session she favors a 2-percentage- point increase and setting aside the revenue stream for a specific use such as public safety.
Amherst County officials are working with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to open the back side of the countyâs landfill in Madison Heights, a measure that will expand the landâs capacity for as long as two years.
County Administrator Dean Rodgers said during the Amherst County Board of Supervisorsâ Feb. 16 meeting the move gives the county more flexibility in preparing for a transition to a new transfer center on the landfillâs site on Kentmoor Farm Road in Madison Heights.
The transfer station, a facility in which solid waste will be processed and disposed of through trucks coming in and out, is targeted for completion in November but Rodgers feels the time frame is tight and could be delayed.
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