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1) Motion to adopt the agenda
- Motion: Adopt the meeting agenda as presented.
- Outcome: Approved (unanimous roll call). (Roll-call excerpts recorded at s=643.645–657.93.)

2) Resolution: Local and regional water supply planning; application for FY2025 water supply planning grant
- Motion: Approve the resolution authorizing the Cumberland Plateau Planning District to act as lead agency and apply for the state water-supply planning grant on behalf of the city.
- Outcome: Approved (unanimous roll call). Council discussion noted the mandate under state requirements and that the grant would cover study costs. (Staff report and motion at s=657.93–774.05.)

3) Resolution: Establish real property tax rate for calendar year 2025
- Motion: Approve the resolution establishing a citywide unit levy for general city purposes and school purposes at $0.93 per $100 of assessed value.
- Outcome: Approved 4–1 (Council Member Pollard voted no). Roll-call recorded at s=8248.225–8265.23; reading of the resolution and finalization at s=8268.675–8274.755.

4) Consent agenda
- Motion: Approve the consent agenda in whole as presented.
- Outcome: Approved (unanimous roll call). (Motion and roll-call at s=8287.22–8307.37.)

5) Motion to adjourn
- Motion: Stand adjourned.
- Outcome: Approved (unanimous roll call). (s=8307.37–8321.675.)

Each item above corresponds to transcript blocks cited for verification; where a motion maker or seconder was not spoken on the record, the transcript records the motion and a second but not always the speaker's name.

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Tamara Spradlin, assistant city manager and chief financial officer, told the council the advertised rate was 0.93 cents per $100; she said the equalized rate — the rate that would produce essentially the same total revenue as the prior year after reassessment — would be $0.80. Spradlin said the public hearing was advertised per Virginia Code §58.1-3321.

Several residents used the public comment period to give examples of large assessment increases. Danny Wallace said his reassessment initially was recorded as a 70% increase, later adjusted to 52%; during his remarks he read the statute and said, “the law that's in question is, section 58.1 hyphen 33 21 of the code of Virginia.” Randall Lockhart said his assessment rose by $68,600 and that a proposed rate of 0.93 would increase his taxes by 16.4%, and others described similar large percentage changes.

City Manager Randy Eads and staff presented the draft FY2026 budget. Eads said the general fund recommendation is $95,298,016 and noted the single largest pressure is the city’s landfill and related debt. He said the city requested $35,000,000 from the governor for landfill work and received $26,000,000. Eads described other drivers: inmate housing costs, facility maintenance, and a multi-year need to build up capital funding. The manager proposed a 3% across-the-board salary increase, police and fire pay-scale corrections and several additional positions (including an additional firefighter, an added captain in police, custodial positions, and an economic development director), and he said the budget includes $9,000,000 toward landfill-related costs in the general fund.

Spradlin summarized revenue changes: local revenue increases of roughly $5.6 million (including $2.7 million estimated from real property taxes), state revenue increases of about $1.7 million and federal increases of about $435,000, and she said $8,000,000 of bond proceeds were included for disposal projects. Eads and Spradlin warned that the landfill will require ongoing expenditures: Spradlin said an operating budget including debt for disposal services is no less than $8,200,000 and that landfill monitoring and maintenance will continue in perpetuity unless a very costly remediation option is chosen.

Council members discussed trade-offs between lowering the advertised rate and preserving services and staff. During roll-call voting on the resolution establishing the 2025 real property tax rate, the council recorded four votes in favor and one against (Council Member Pollard voted no); the resolution set a combined city and school real property tax rate of $0.93 per $100 of assessed value.

The budget ordinance process timeline cited by staff: advertise April 12, public hearing April 22, first reading May 13 and second reading and adoption May 27. City staff will return with line-item details during the public hearings and budget sessions.

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Staff and the applicant described the proposal as an overnight recreational development — essentially an RV campground with cabins. Jake Chandler, public works director, said the preliminary program would include 20 RV spaces and 10 cabins, plus common areas and restrooms.

City staff told the council that the rezoning is only the first step. If rezoned, the owner would need to combine or subdivide lots and then submit a site plan meeting the city’s development standards. Chandler said stormwater, erosion-control and any required environmental permits must be approved before development proceeds.

The staff traffic review estimated low trip generation for the use — an industry-standard 76% occupancy projects about six morning peak-hour trips and about 10 evening peak-hour trips — but flagged local constraints on Stagecoach Road. Chandler said the road is two lanes about 20 feet wide (10-foot lanes), has 4–5 inches of brittle asphalt and an uncertain stone base; larger RVs will need wider driveway entrances and possibly frontage work by the developer. He said any extension of water or sewer would be at the developer’s expense and that BVU (utility) had not provided comments to staff at the time of the report.

Public-safety and service departments provided conditional comments: Fire Marshal Eric Blevins said hydrant locations and BVU projected flows were acceptable for the proposed use; Recreation Superintendent Danny Hill warned the facility could affect rentals at Sugar Hollow Park; public works said the development would likely trigger land-disturbance permitting and stormwater treatment because it likely would disturb more than 10,000 square feet.

The council opened and closed the public hearing; the planning commission likewise opened and closed its meeting. No rezoning decision or council vote on ZMA-2025 was recorded during the April 8 meeting; the item remains pending the formal rezoning process and any subsequent site-plan review.

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