Board of Supervisors FY 2027 Budget Work Session, Thursday, Mar 12, 2026

What was decided · How each member voted

• 1 Family Services: Passed: Add funding to cover the full cost of an Attorney position for the Loudoun County Public Defender's Office and direct staff to work with the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission (VIDC) to incorporate this position into the existing Memorandum of Understanding between the County and VIDC. · 9-0 Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Failed: Add Priority 1: Northern Virginia Regional Commission Strategic Initiatives resource request in the Non-Departmental budget. · 3-6 (Briskman, Kershner, Letourneau, Randall, TeKrony, and Umstattd opposed) Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Add Priority 4: Community Health Worker and Supervisor resource request in the Health Department. · 9-0 Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Add three Zoning Enforcement Positions in the Department of Planning and Zoning to the FY27 budget. Supervisor Saines further moved the Board of Supervisors identify these resource requests as Zoning Compliance Positions for nonresidential use, countywide, inclusive of weekend and night compliance, and focus on resolving issues caused by unpermitted uses and investigating activities that may be… · 8-0-0-1 (Supervisor Briskman abstained) Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Add Priority 1: Internal Operations Support resource request in the Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Services. · 9-0 Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Add Priority 3: Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Administrative Assistant resource request in the Department of Housing and Community Development. · 9-0 Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Add Priority 2: Public Works Staff resource request in the Department of General Services. · 6-3 (Kershner, TeKrony, and Umstattd opposed) Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Send the creation of a five-year, $500,000 Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Goose Creek and Broad Run to the FY26 fund balance discussion. · 8-0-0-1 (Letourneau abstained) Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Increase the tuition assistance cap for Board Staff Aides from $3,000 to $5,000 per fiscal year. · 8-1 (Umstattd opposed) Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Failed: Add Real Property Asset Management and Planning Priority 2: Real Estate Specialist, resource request in the Office of the County Administrator. · 4-5 (Kershner, Letourneau, Randall, TeKrony, and Umstattd opposed) Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Add Priority 2: Judicial Administration and Client Services, resource request in the Clerk of the Circuit Court. · 8-1 (TeKrony opposed) Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Add Office of Equity and Inclusion, Priority 1: Learning and Development Supervisor, resource request in the Office of the County Administrator. · 5-4 (Kershner, Letourneau, TeKrony, and Umstattd opposed) Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Failed: Withhold the County's portion of the pay increase for all employees of the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office and withhold position authority (39 FTE) and funding in the amount of $9,755,203 for the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office Training Section, ADC Expansion – CIP – Phase 1 of 2, and Medical Director – Adult Detention Center resource requests and the School Resource Officer Floater motion… · 1-8 (Supervisors Glass, Kershner, Letourneau, Randall, Saines, TeKrony, Turner, and Umstattd opposed) Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Reduce the Tax Year 2027 personal property rate for vehicles by six cents, from $3.00 to $2.94. · 9-0 Mar 12, 2026 Action Report
• 1 Family Services: Passed: Direct staff to prepare the FY 2027 Appropriations Resolution based on straw votes taken during the March 5, March 9, and March 12 Work Sessions and with a Tax Year 2026 real property tax rate of $0.805 per $100 of assessed value; a Tax Year 2026 and 2027 personal property tax rate of $4.15 per $100 of assessed value; a Tax Year 2026 personal property tax rate for vehicles of $3.09 per $100 of… · 9-0 Mar 12, 2026 Action Report

• Agenda (Granicus)
• Action Report (PDF)

Board: Randall (D), Kershner (R), Briskman (D), Saines (D), Umstattd (D), TeKrony (D), Letourneau (R), Turner (D), Glass (D). Member-by-member votes will be listed here from the official record.

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