The Essex County Board of Supervisors is holding a public hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget and proposed tax rate at 7:00 p.m. on May 25 at the Board Meeting Room in the Essex County School Board Office Building on N. Cross Street in Tappahannock. Officials say the proposed budget was built using a real estate tax rate of $ 0.73. It can be viewed online at essex-virginia.org