Board to hold special budget meeting tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.

The Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting on the County Administrator’s proposed Fiscal Year 2024 budget tomorrow afternoon beginning at 2 p.m. Dr. Michael Gill, superintendent of Hanover County Public Schools, will present budget information and recommendations to the Board. Also presenting will be the departments of Human Resources and Public Utilities. Potential relief to citizens experiencing higher assessments because of rising market values figures to be a topic of discussion on Wednesday afternoon; Budesky presented several options to the Board last Wednesday afternoon. Budesky’s presentation to the Board last week can be seen here. The Board’s regularly scheduled meeting will begin at 6 p.m. with several Planning public hearings.

Ten become Hanover County CERT volunteers

For more than a decade, Hanover County residents have seized the opportunity to help others in our community by being trained as Community Emergency Response Team (“CERT”) members. Collin Chamberlin, Becky Clarke, Keith Kellam, Ryan Rooney, Stephen Sattie, Daniel Simpson, Susan Simpson, Kimberly Stokes, Debbie Ward, and Scott Yeakey are the newest members, having graduated on February 16. For the full story read here.

March 10 is deadline to submit nominations for "Spirit of Volunteerism"

Friday, March 10 is the deadline for you to nominate an outstanding volunteer for a Hanover County Spirit of Volunteerism award! There are 8 categories in which nominations can be submitted so there are plenty of opportunities to recognize a full spectrum of the work being done by our volunteers. Nomination forms and information are available at www.HanoverVolunteers.org or by calling the Department of Community Resources at (804) 365-4300.