James City County is preparing next year’s budget and is seeking input from county citizens.
The Board of Supervisors officially kicked off the fiscal year 2015 — which runs from July 1 through June 30, 2015 — budget season with a retreat Saturday. Next the board will seek citizens’ input about their priorities for the budget.
County staff will work to compile a proposed budget for the board to review in April based on comments received at Tuesday’s board meeting. The board will not take any action on the budget Tuesday; it will only hold a public hearing.
When the board meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, it also will consider submitting a request to the Virginia Department of Transportation to accept Columbia Drive into its portfolio of state-maintained streets.
The county’s Economic Development Authority paid to construct Columbia Drive in the James River Commerce Center, where the EDA owns land, and is hoping VDOT will assume responsibility for the road by making it a public road.
The EDA has been marketing its property for sale and cannot divide the property into multiple pieces to sell if Columbia Drive remains a private road.
The board will also consider a Dominion Virginia Power easement for Fire Station 4 on Olde Towne Road, which is being reconstructed. Dominion has determined the existing overhead power lines will be in the way of the new building, so the company has proposed locating the lines underground instead.
The proposed easement would allow Dominion to construct the lines underground.
A closed session discussion is also on the board’s agenda. Several people serving on county boards and commissions are nearing the ends of their terms. The board will take a vote on new appointments to the seats, with existing members eligible to be reappointed.
On the docket for consideration are seats on the Planning Commission, Regional Issues Committee, Purchase of Development Rights Committee, Board of Equalization, Agricultural and Forestal Districts Advisory Committee, Colonial Behavioral Health and Colonial Group Home Commission.
A full list of the county’s boards and commissions, along with application information, is available on the county’s website.
Before the meeting, the board will meet at 4 p.m. for a work session to discuss the 2009 Comprehensive Plan review timeline and the hybrid sewer plan.
The board’s full agenda for Tuesday’s meeting, which will take place in Building F at 101 Mounts Bay Road is online. The board’s meeting will be broadcast live online and on JCC TV channel 48. Meetings are rebroadcast at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. every Thursday on Community Channel 46.
