Board of Supervisors to meet on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

The Board of Supervisors will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. At this meeting the Board is expected to adopt and appropriate the County budget for FY20 along with all associated ordinances, resolutions and tax rates. The Board will also hear an update on highway matters from the Virginia Department of Transportation and a road project status update from Joe Vidunas of the Department of Public Works. There will be consideration of a proposed resolution for the maximum annual compensation for members of the Board of Supervisors and a final update on actions taken by the General Assembly in their 2019 session. There will be no evening agenda on April 10. Board meetings can be watched live online with the archived version up on Thursday afternoon.

School Board meets on April 9

The Hanover County School Board has its monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. Among the items on the agenda is consideration of a recommendation by Dr. Mike Gill, Superintendent, to withdraw from the regional MathScience Innovation Center due to a loss of $491,000 in funding from the original proposed governor’s budget. It is anticipated that along with some attrition savings, the action of withdrawing from the MSiC will cover the lost funding without jeopardizing initiatives on the School Board’s adopted budget.

Shred documents, recycle household hazardous waste event on Saturday, April 20

Mark your calendars! During a special recycling event at the Mechanicsville Refuse and Recycling Center on Saturday, April 20, Hanover County residents can bring household hazardous waste for free recycling and personal information or documents to be shredded. The hours of the event have been extended to 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.