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Fiscal year 2028 budget (July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028)

About the Joint Finance Committee

Where it stands

Wed14Oct

Last on the Joint Finance Committee’s agenda

Transparency in county budgeting – discussion on further improving transparency in FY28 budget process (see calendar for FY 28 budget process) (agenda, Oct 14)

What you can do

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Put the draft hearings on my calendar

The county’s draft calendar says

When the county plans to take each step of this budget. At a public hearing, anyone can speak.

  • Wed18Nov

    Budget Memo sent – call for budgets

  • Thu19Nov

    Planning Commission: first review of the capital improvement plan, moved from its October meeting

    The calendar says “PC CIP first review (original date was Oct PC meeting)”

  • Thu17Dec

    Planning Commission: public hearing on the capital improvement plan

    The calendar says “PC CIP Public Hearing”

  • 2027
  • Thu14Jan

    Board of Supervisors: public hearing on the capital improvement plan

    The calendar says “BOS CIP Public Hearing”

  • Fri15Jan

    Budget requests due

  • Thu11Mar

    School Budget presented to Board of Supervisors

  • Tue16Mar

    Budget Work Session

    March 16 or 17th, one of the two days

  • Thu1Apr

    Public hearing on the school budget

  • Wed14Apr

    Budget Work Session

  • Thu6May

    Public hearing on the budget

  • Mon10May

    Budget Work Session

    May 10-12

  • Thu27May

    Tentative Budget Adoption

From the county’s budget calendar, given to the Board of Supervisors on October 8. It’s a draft, so dates can change; a meeting’s notice is what sets one.

In plain words

The matter is the county's fiscal year 2028 budget, covering July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028.1 The Joint Finance Committee took up transparency in county budgeting at its meetings on June 4, July 2 and August 5, 2026.2,3,4 At the June 4, 2026 meeting, Finance Facilitator Pica said a Finance Manager is needed at the school, and plans to recommend it in the FY28 budget.5 A select group of the committee scheduled a meeting the following week on the Director of Finance role and responsibilities.5 A draft Northumberland County FY28 Budget Calendar was on the Board of Supervisors agenda for October 8, 2026.6 EDC Director Robert Bullard presented a phase one analysis of the Poor House Tract, including a phased timeline in preparation for the FY28 budget cycle.7

Summarized from the county’s records, October 15.

Where each sentence comes from
  1. “July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028”The matter as the records title it
  2. “Transparency in county budgeting – discussion on improving transparency in FY28 budget process”Jun 4, 2026 · Joint Finance Committee · On the agenda
  3. “Transparency in county budgeting – discussion on improving transparency in FY28 budget process”Jul 2, 2026 · Joint Finance Committee · On the agenda
  4. “Transparency in county budgeting – discussion on further improving transparency in FY28 budget process”Aug 5, 2026 · Joint Finance Committee · On the agenda
  5. “a Finance Manager is needed at the school, which she plans to recommend to the Board in the FY28 budget” … “A select group of the committee scheduled a meeting next week to discuss the Director of Finance role and responsibilities.”Jun 4, 2026 · Joint Finance Committee · In the minutes
  6. “Northumberland County FY28 Budget Calendar (DRAFT)”Oct 8, 2026 · Board of Supervisors · On the agenda
  7. “Mr. Bullard presented the phased timeline to the Board in preparation for the FY28 budget cycle to make their request.”Poor House Tract Phase I · full text

Written automatically from the county’s records. Each sentence has to quote the record it comes from, word for word, or it’s left out. The records have the final say.

What’s happened

  1. Wed14Oct

    Joint Finance Committee

  2. Thu8Oct

    Board of Supervisors

  3. Wed5Aug

    Joint Finance Committee

  4. Thu2Jul

    Joint Finance Committee

  5. Thu4Jun

    Joint Finance Committee

Meeting by meeting, newest first, in the records’ own words. Each vote names the minutes it’s written in.

The records

Gathered from Northumberland County’s agendas, minutes and notices. Checked October 26.

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How the county budget works

The county's fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. The Board of Supervisors adopts a budget and appropriates money before the year begins.

During the year the Board changes it: supplemental appropriations, transfers between accounts, and budget amendments. An amendment that exceeds one percent of the total expenditures in the adopted budget must be advertised and given a public hearing before the Board adopts it.

The law: Va. Code § 15.2-2503 (Time for preparation and approval of budget); Va. Code § 15.2-2507 (Amendment of budget). This describes the general process, not this decision.