Charlottesville Council, School Board to discuss 1% sales tax referendum

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville City Council and the School Board will meet jointly Wednesday and will discuss plans for how funds from a 1% sales tax for school capital projects could be spent if voters approve the raise in November.

Before the joint session, the Council is expected to appropriate $234,000 to the City Reserve, then apportion more than $206,000 to the Charlottesville/Albemarle Family Drug Court, then – in the joint session – release $1,840,576 from the School Operations Contingency Funds to the school division to support the new Collective Bargaining Agreement for Licensed and Support Professionals.

Council will also decide on releasing $159,424 to support conversion of six part-time bus driver positions to full-time…

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