WYTHE CO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED COUNTY BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA Pursuant to Section 15.2-2506 of the Code of Virginia and amendments thereto, the Wythe County Board of Supervisors will conduct a public hearing. The purpose of the public hearing is to give the citizens of Wythe County an opportunity to comment on the proposed County Budget (which includes the School Board Budget) for Fiscal Year 2026-2027. The public hearing will be held on Tuesday,May 26th 2026, in the Board of Supervisors Meeting Room, 340 South Sixth Street, Wytheville, Virginia, at 6:00 p.m. The budget synopsis is prepared and published for information and fiscal planning purposes ONLY. The inclusion in the budget of any item or items DOES NOT constitute an obligation on the part of the Board of Supervisors of Wythe County to appropriate any funds for that item or purpose. There is no allocation or designation of any funds of this County for any purpose until there has been an appropriation for that purpose by the Wythe County Board of Supervisors. The budget has been prepared on the basis of the estimates and requests submitted to the Board of Supervisors by the Constitutional officers, intergovernmental agencies, non-governmental agencies and department heads of Wythe County and review and amendments to those requests by the Board of Supervisors and staff. Description General Government Administration Judicial Administration Public Safety Public Works Health and Welfare Education Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Community Development Proposed Capital Improvements Refunds and Reserves TOTAL EXPENDITURE BUDGET EXPENDITURE BUDGET Spent FY24 3,000,644 1,655,206 9,494,223 6,668,747 9,856,204 75,418,150 1,324,397 1,964,908 7,691,502 $117,073,981 Spent FY25 Adopted FY26 Budget FY27 3,163,751 4,071,116 4,182,770 1,800,599 1,996,177 2,007,632 12,782,458 13,552,643 14,296,100 8,876,376 10,593,615 8,979,641 10,025,971 11,681,608 11,358,718 68,788,461 65,796,929 66,543,583 1,382,515 1,642,047 1,841,605 1,754,603 2,015,832 1,935,223 8,249,660 6,856,292 4,207,295 100,000 3,403,000 $116,924,394 $118,206,259 $118,755,567 Difference Percent 111,654 2.7% 11,455 0.6% 743,457 5.5% 1,613,974 15.2% -322,890 -2.8% 746,654 1.1% 199,558 12.2% -80,609 -4.0% 2,648,997 38.6% 3,403,000 $549,308 0.5% REVENUE BUDGET Description Actual FY2024 Actual FY2025 Adopted FY2026 Proposed FY2027 Difference Percent Real Property Taxes 14,222,983 14,671,161 14,325,000 14,325,000 0 0.0% Public Service Corp. Taxes 1,903,112 1,572,869 1,505,000 1,606,900 101,900 6.8% Personal Property Taxes 7,077,493 7,765,919 7,417,500 7,416,000 1,500 0.0% Machinery & Tools Taxes 2,629,396 2,956,111 2,800,000 2,900,000 100,000 3.6% Merchants' Capital Tax 442,457 445,049 450,000 475,000 25,000 5.6% Penalties & Interest 434,622 468,921 265,000 265,000 0 0.0% Local Sales & Use Taxes 5,609,343 5,694,186 5,700,000 5,500,000 200,000 3.5% Utility Taxes 1,277,275 1,279,329 1,250,000 1,225,000 25,000 2.0% Motor Vehicle Licenses 469,165 498,477 470,000 470,000 0 0.0% Bank Stock Taxes 62,318 62,318 50,000 50,000 0 0.0% Recordation Taxes 252,256 200,711 175,000 175,000 0 0.0% Transient Lodging Taxes 299,439 322,532 280,000 295,000 15,000 5.4% Other Tax (Meals, Cigarette, 3,881,952 2,750,000 2,725,000 3,065,000 340,000 12.5% Regional) Solar Siting 28,000 28,000 133,000 133,000 Opioid Settlement 291,302 55,585 55,000 55,000 0 0.0% Animal Licenses 7,923 7,097 5,500 5,500 0 0.0% Other Permits & Licenses 320,474 133,796 120,400 162,500 42,100 35.0% Fines & Forfeitures 1,069,687 914,546 820,000 4,670,000 3,850,000 469.5% Interest on Bank Deposits 4,183,089 3,702,024 2,103,730 1,917,925 185,805 8.8% Rental of Property/School 324,852 374,373 532,987 475,625 57,362 10.8% Grants Court Costs 57,194 24,500 1,500 1,500 0 0.0% Commonwealth Attorney Fees 5,161 3,000 3,000 3,000 0 0.0% Board & Care of Dogs 3,664 4,000 5,000 8,000 3,000 60.0% Charges for Welfare 105,483 125,000 125,000 125,000 0 0.0% Charges for Education 0 Recreation Fees 79,980 95,000 105,000 110,000 5,000 4.8% Misc. 46,137 243,163 129,054 131,958 2,904 2.3% Utility Charges 4,137,076 4,272,936 4,432,384 4,390,000 42,384 -1.0% Loan/Grants 9,985,736 4,708,965 1,869,933 3,194,959 1,325,026 70.9% Recovered Costs 1,704,819 2,092,668 2,062,662 2,722,632 659,970 32.0% Surplus 7,355,752 5,826,515 4,306,579 1,519,936 26.1% Total Local Funds 60,912,388 62,827,988 55,610,165 60,181,078 4,570,913 8.2% Non-Categorical Aid Commonwealth's Attorney, State Sheriff, State Commissioner, State Treasurer, State Elections Clerk of Circuit Ct. Welfare Education School Const Other Categorical Aid Total State Funds 1,709,540 1,697,814 1,625,814 1,680,814 55,000 3.4% 654,241 703,069 734,283 748,968 14,685 2.0% 1,842,436 154,133 162,487 95,497 426,086 4,003,816 52,953,754 1,973,313 167,714 189,216 69,369 427,851 4,900,503 46,238,255 2,090,762 175,891 198,047 71,450 509,954 5,344,721 44,531,036 2,132,577 179,409 202,375 73,383 520,153 4,714,227 41,891,278 2.0% 2.0% 2.2% 2.7% 2.0% 11.8% -5.9% 52,111,276 62,001,990 53,108,030 54,389,435 41,815 3,518 4,328 1,933 10,199 630,494 2,639,758 0 0 1,281,405 Payment In Lieu of Taxes Welfare Education Other Categorical Aid Total Federal Funds 194,670 3,269,075 2,297,678 160,000 3,260,658 2,712,826 170,000 5,011,290 2,132,846 170,000 3,411,156 2,850,149 0 1,600,134 717,303 0.0% 31.9% 33.6% 5,761,423 6,133,484 7,314,136 6,431,305 -882,831 -12.1% -5.7% TOTAL ALL INCOME $128,675,801 $125,328,576 $118,206,259 $118,755,567 $549,308 0.5% A detailed breakdown of County departmental budgets is on file in the County Administrator’s Office located at 340 South Sixth Street, Wytheville, Virginia, for the public to view. BY ORDER OF THE WYTHE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STEPHEN D. BEAR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR