MC supervisors OK $26.7 million budget

by Larry Chowning – 

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors approved on May 7 a $26,715,638 FY-21 budget with no tax increases, using $567,638 from the county’s “rainy day” fund to balance the budget and also voted to advertise for a public hearing on the collection of the transient occupancy (lodging) tax starting July 1.

Bare bones budget

Supervisors approved this “bare bones” FY-21 budget as a way, in part, to help county citizens get through the coronavirus pandemic that has crippled the nation’s economy and left many people without jobs. FY-21 refers to the fiscal year — the period between July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.   

School budget approved

On May 11, the Middlesex County School Board approved an $18,962,431 FY-21 budget…

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