Will the Board of Supervisors be raising our taxes soon?
If this article is any indication the answer may well be yes. To quote Prince William Conservation Alliance “As described in the 2005 Service Efforts and Accomplishment Report for Watershed Management, developers pay a Development Permit Fee to “meet expenses of site plan and lot plan review, site development inspections, and erosion control inspections.” In contrast, “[r]evenue from the stormwater management fee is dedicated solely to the operation and construction of watershed management projects.”
In the budget being voted on soon, supervisors plan to switch 70% of the cost of the Watershed Inspections Function away from developers. Developers who build new stormwater facilities will still pay 30% – perhaps enough to cover initial inspection costs, but all future inspections and repairs will be covered by the residents.” Click here to read the entire article.
