New Kent raises real estate tax rate by a penny, nixes new elementary school

New Kent raises real estate tax rate by a penny, nixes new elementary school

NEW KENT — New Kent’s Board of Supervisors voted for a $136.5 million budget that prioritizes a new courthouse at the expense of an elementary school and averts an advertised 3-cent real estate tax increase. Instead, the board supported a real estate increase of 1 cent per $100 in value, leaving members to choose whether to prioritize the building of a new courthouse or an elementary school. Supervisors backed the courthouse project, which would…