NEW - A Guide to Short Term Rentals
Access Instructions & Public Hearing Ad for Mar. 27th BOS Meeting
Access Instructions & Public Hearing Ad for Apr. 10th Wetlands Board Meeting
Dates for Upcoming FY2025-2026 County Budget Work Sessions
February 20, 2025
- 6 pm - Planning Commission reviews FY 26-30 capital improvement budget requests
February 27, 2025
- 5:30 pm - BOS joint work session with School Board on school budget before the regular meeting at 7PM
March 3, 2025
- School Board holds school budget public hearing
March 10, 2025
- School Board adopts school budget
March 13, 2025
- 5 pm - BOS FY 26 county budget proposed in work session
March 20, 2025
- 6 pm - Planning Commission holds public hearing on FY 26-30 capital improvement budget
March 25, 2025
- 5 pm - BOS FY 26 budget work session - department heads and non-governmental organizations presentations
March 27, 2025
- 5 pm - BOS FY 26 budget work session - department heads and non-governmental organizations presentations before regular meeting at 7 PM
- 7 pm - BOS holds FY 26 school budget public hearing at regular meeting
April 10, 2025
- 5 pm - BOS FY 26 budget / CY 25 tax rate work session
- 7 pm - BOS adopts FY 26 school budget
April 24, 2025
- 7 pm - BOS holds public hearing on FY 26 county budget at regular meeting
May 29, 2025
- 7 pm - BOS holds public hearing on CY 2025 tax rates and adopts FY 26 county budget and CY 25 tax rates at regular meeting
Listing of County Parks & Boat Launches
2025 Board of Supervisors Meeting Dates
The Board of Supervisors will hold its regular monthly meetings during calendar year 2025 on the following dates:
- January 30
- February 27
- March 27
- April 24
- May 29
- June 26
- July 31
- August 28
- September 25
- October 30
- November 20
- December 11
All Regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors will be held at in the Lancaster County Administrative Building/Commission Meeting Room at 7:00 PM, unless advertised otherwise. Meetings shall be open to the public, except for those portions that may be lawfully closed in conformance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
Seeking Qualified Volunteers to Serve on Boards, Commissions, Authorities and Committees
The Lancaster County Board of Supervisors is seeking interested and qualified volunteers to fill vacant positions on various boards, commissions, authorities and committees. Positions available within the next six months and the succeeding term of office include:
Board of Zoning Appeals – 5-year term (1 position)
Historic Resources Commission - 3-year term (3 positions)
Building Code Appeals Board – 4-year term (1 position)
Lancaster County Broadband Authority – 2-year term (3 positions)
Middle Peninsula/Northern Neck Community Services Board – 3-year term (1 position)
Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Public Access and Working Waterfronts – new committee with no specific term (5 positions)
Interested citizens can visit www.lancova.com for more information on these various boards, commissions, authorities and committees or contact County Administrator Don Gill at dgill@lancova.com or 804-462-5129 with questions or to express interest in filling any of these positions.
New Format for Access to Public Meetings
Lancaster County is implementing an Agenda Management System for public meetings of the Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, Wetlands Board and various other boards and commissions which will improve access to public meetings and related documentation.
Public access to this new system is facilitated by a new web site which will serve as a Public Meeting Portal. The new site will host live streams of current meetings and provide access to all meeting-related information including schedules, agendas and supporting documentation for upcoming meetings and minutes and indexed video recordings of previous meetings.
All meetings are currently being live streamed. The full agenda book and meeting minutes capabilities will be phased in gradually, starting with the Board of Supervisors.
Citizens may also view meeting live streams and video recordings of previous meetings directly from County's new YouTube Channel.
As it has for the past several months, Lancaster County will continue to offer access to public meetings as Zoom webinars to allow its citizens to interactively participate in public hearings and public input sessions. The Zoom webinars will be the only means available to the citizens of Lancaster County for remote electronic public participation during these meetings. Live streams will be strictly view only/listen only. Access instructions for Zoom webinars will be posted on this website in the days leading up to scheduled meetings.
Construction and Wood Debris Policies Explained
Second Amendment Resolution as Adopted by Board of Supervisors Dec. 12, 2019
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Changes to Lancaster County Government Web Site
On Friday, November 22, 2019, county administration staff began the process of updating the Lancaster County, Virginia local government web site. Most of the changes made to date involve cosmetic changes and a rearrangment of a few navigational links on the site's front, or home page. Specifically, the links formerly located in a content box titled "Featured Content & Services" may now be accessed from a pull down menu on the right edge of the page titled "Find It Fast - How Do I...". The links have been arranged as a series of questions to resemble a list of frequently asked questions. One would click or tap in the title bar of this section to expand (drop down) the list.
Public Notice Concerning Littering
In accordance with Sections 33.2-802 and 46.2-1156 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, and Sections 54-29 and 54-30 of the Lancaster County Code of Ordinances, the Lancaster County Board of Supervisors and the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office remind the public that:
1) LITTERING IS ILLEGAL IN LANCASTER COUNTY, and
2) ANY VEHICLE TRANSPORTING LITTER ON ANY PUBLIC HIGHWAY MUST HAVE ITS LOAD COVERED TO PREVENT ITS CONTENTS FROM BLOWING, DROPPING OR FALLING FROM SUCH VEHICLE
ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF EITHER OF THE ABOVE SHALL BE PUNISHED BY A FINE UP TO $500 AND/OR BY IMPRISONMENT UP TO 30 DAYS
Lancaster County Sheriff's Office
8293 Mary Ball Road
Lancaster, VA 22503
804-462-5111
www.lancastersheriff.net
Lancaster County Board of Supervisors
8311 Mary Ball Road
Lancaster, VA 22503
804-462-5129