The Mathews County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the FY 2019-2020 advertised budget and tax rates beginning at 7 p.m. Monday in the multi-purpose room at Thomas Hunter Middle School.

The proposed budget of $26.57 million is $2.3 million more than last year’s originally proposed budget, and it calls for a real estate tax increase of 7 cents per $100 of assessed value over the current rate, for a total proposed real estate tax rate of 64.5 cents per $100 of assessed value.

Included in the proposed budget is a $1.4 million increase in the county’s contribution to the school budget, for a total proposed county contribution to the schools of $8.55 million. The school budget anticipates $6.02 million in state funding and $520,000 from the federal government. The total school budget, including debt service of $500,000 and a one-time carryover of $208,000, is expected to be $15.79 million, up $1.74 million from last year.

Following Monday’s meeting, th...