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Explore Stafford County taxes, spending, contracts, incentives, debt, capital projects, and public financial decisions.

Save Stafford organizes public financial information so residents can understand how Stafford County raises and spends public money. Records rely primarily on official budgets, audits, financial reports, contracts, procurement records and Board documents.

Last updated: September 12, 2026, 5:00 p.m. UTC · Record verification dates appear on each card.

Read the stage before the number

A project budget authorizes a plan; a contract commits to terms; an invoice requests payment; a payment or audited expenditure documents money going out. Each is a different question. Figures without a verified source are withheld.

Stafford Budget Explorer

Start with the official FY2026 source below. Category-level revenue and spending comparisons will appear after the FY2026 and FY2027 adopted tables are reconciled on the same accounting basis. A proposed budget is not labeled adopted.

5 records · Records with unverified amounts show no figure.

Economic IncentivesFiscal year not applicable

Publix at Stafford Plaza Drive

Proposed performance-based reimbursement of eligible net-new local taxes over a ten-year term. The agenda packet describes investment, employment, tax-compliance and reporting conditions.

Financial stage: Agenda proposal; final executed agreement and payment ledger not independently verified

$2,250,000Maximum proposed reimbursement — not amount paidSTAFF REPORT · View source ↗
Source, context and verification
Official source
September 1 Board agenda packet
Vendor / project
Publix
District
Hartwood
Last verified
September 12, 2026

Board action has been reported elsewhere on this site, but this record does not claim a verified roll call, executed agreement, or disbursement. Obtain the adopted resolution, executed agreement and payment records before upgrading its stage.

TaxesFiscal year not applicable

Transportation impact fees

The county considered an emergency ordinance affecting transportation impact fees. An impact fee is distinct from a tax; the meeting record controls the current legal status.

Financial stage: Board action requires resolution-level verification

Source, context and verification
Official source
September 1 Board agenda packet
Last verified
September 12, 2026
County BudgetFY2026

Transportation Impact Fee Fund

The FY2026 county budget includes a dedicated transportation impact fee fund. Open the source to distinguish projected revenue from collected revenue.

Financial stage: FY2026 budgeted

Source, context and verification
Official source
Stafford County FY2026 budget — Transportation Impact Fee Fund
Department
Transportation
Last verified
September 12, 2026
Capital ProjectsFiscal year not applicable

Staffordboro Boulevard sidewalk

County procurement and change-order records have been discussed in Save Stafford reporting. Original and current budgets, contract values and payments are being reconciled before a numeric project ledger is published.

Financial stage: Record reconciliation in progress

Source, context and verification
Official source
Stafford County Board agendas and minutes
Department
Transportation
Last verified
September 12, 2026
TaxesFiscal year not applicable

Business, Professional and Occupational License tax

A public hearing is scheduled on a proposal to restore BPOL. Gross receipts and profit are different measures; terms under discussion are not an adopted tax rate.

Financial stage: PROPOSED — NOT ADOPTED

Source, context and verification
Official source
Stafford County Board meeting records
Last verified
September 12, 2026

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