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Windsor Treasurer Cheryl McClanahan’s update for the Windsor Town Council in October highlighted town revenue streams for the month of August and the mailing out of town personal property tax bills.

Her report, summarized in a Sept. 10 memorandum to the mayor and Town Council, states that the town received $18,217.25 in meals tax for August

The town also received $15,000 from a fire grant.

In a Wednesday, Oct. 30, interview, McClanahan explained that the fire grant is one the town of Windsor applies for, contributing the money to the Windsor Volunteer Fire Department.

Windsor received $14,526.50 in interest in August.

Providing context for this interest, McClanahan noted in the Oct. 30 interview that interest is earned on the town of Windsor’s investments. 

“The town has an investment policy so that we may earn interest on our funds,” she said.

During the Oct. 8 council meeting, she highlighted the August interest total, and said, “Our interest is still up, and I noticed toward the end of the month, the rate was a little bit lower than it was at the beginning of the month. We’re still at 5%, but at the beginning of the month before things went down, we were at 5.4%, so I just wanted to let you know it is dropping a little bit because of the market, and we knew it might.”

The town received $12,000 from the cigarette tax in August and $8,502.57 from traffic fines.

McClanahan also noted during the Oct. 8 meeting that all town personal property tax bills were in the mail and that they should arrive to residents by either Friday, Oct. 11, or Tuesday, Oct. 15. 

The town website has an announcement noting that payment of this bill is due Dec. 5.

The website states that if town residents do not receive the bill or have questions about it, they are encouraged to contact the town at 757-242-4288, and the Windsor Town Hall is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at 8 E. Windsor Blvd.

Payment by cash, check, money order or credit card are acceptable, the website states, adding that citizens can also take advantage of the town’s quick, easy and secure online payment portal at www.windsor-va.gov/page/online-payments/. An additional note indicates there will be a 3% convenience fee on credit card payments.

In the Oct. 30 interview, McClanahan noted that town personal property taxes are billed once a year.

“We have been mailing them out in October to give the residents a good amount of time to pay their taxes,” she stated. “If a taxpayer purchases an additional vehicle in the calendar year, they may get a Supplement Personal Property bill for that vehicle due at a later date. Penalty and interest will start accruing for the bills after the due date of Dec. 5.”