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Commission to look at $38M in capital projects |
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The King George Planning Commission next Tuesday will hear details of requested projects for a proposed five-year $38 million Capital Improvements Program (CIP) and take comment from members of the public on the proposed projects.
The public hearing on the 2010-2011 to 2014-2015 CIP is slated for Feb. 9. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the boardroom of the Revercomb Building, located on Route 3 behind the King George County Courthouse.
Along with receipt of the project requests, planning commissioners received a transmittal letter from Deputy County Administrator/Finance Director Donita Harper.
Harper noted in her letter that she anticipates only about $250,000 being available to cash-fund CIP projects for the first year of the five-year plan next year in 2010-11.
In the previous few years, the county had expected to have between $750,000 and $1 million for cash-funding projects. For the current year the county ended up with less than $400,000 available in cash, due to the economic climate resulting in lower revenues than originally anticipated.
Harper noted that she would be present at next week’s hearing to address financial questions regarding project funding, including any queries about plans for continued funding of ongoing projects contained in the five-year CIP proposal.
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Supervisors updated on proposed state budget amendments |
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The King George Board of Supervisors, like those in most localities across the state, faces difficult decisions that are expected to include large budget cuts throughout county and school budgets for the next two fiscal years.
No decisions have yet been made.
But this could be the first budget where county positions may be eliminated.
At the beginning of last year’s tough budget process, supervisors provided guidance that included no salary increases but also included no layoffs.
This coming year could be different.
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Student-written and student-produced plays to benefit Morgan Clift |
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On
Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at 7 p.m., the King George High School Theatre
Department presents “Four.” The event presents four one-act plays that
were the result of collaboration between the school’s Advanced Creative Writing
class and Advanced Theatre Classes.
Initially,
the presentation began as a workplace mock-up where writers learned about the
task of creating and revising a script for actors; similarly, the actors
experienced the opportunity to ask questions about the scripts from real-time
writers. As the exercise progressed, though, it became clear that
students and teachers in both courses wanted to see the works performed for a
live audience.
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School Board mulling elementary redistricting |
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The King George School Board last week agreed to hold a public forum on March 8 to take comment on changing attendance lines for the division’s three elementary schools.
The talk of redistricting took place at a meeting on Jan. 11.
The School Board had previously discussed possible redistricting at meetings in September and October.
At that time, they had agreed that attendance areas for all three elementary schools are likely to change next year.
Redistricting is a process whereby new lines are drawn between school attendance zones that result in some students being shifted to different schools.
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Belle Grove rezoning, mining hearing postponed |
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King George has postponed a public hearing on three requests, including a rezoning, to enable the mining of sand and gravel on hundreds of acres at Belle Grove Plantation property, the site of President James Madison’s birthplace.
The hearing was postponed due to incomplete information in the county’s requested legal advertisement.
The public hearing, which was originally scheduled for next week on Jan. 19, is now slated to take place on Feb. 2, beginning at 7 p.m.
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