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Board approves transfer to preserve $46,654 emergency call-box grant; radio-equipment savings partially reallocated
Summary
Supervisors approved transfers to preserve a $46,654 grant for emergency call boxes by moving county-match dollars and leftover funds from other accounts into a CIP line; the board recorded contractor savings on radio equipment as part of the transfer funding source.
The Mathews County Board of Supervisors approved a transfer of funds to preserve a $46,654.70 grant for call boxes for the sheriff’s office and to cover the county match and subscription costs.
Staff explained the grant required a county match: Verizon subscription costs of $5,220 (recorded as a subscription match) and a county cash match of $39,235.30. To avoid returning the grant, staff proposed transfers into a capital improvement project (CIP) account from two internal sources: approximately $20,000 remaining in administration for strategic planning/class and compensation work, and about $20,000 in savings from a prior radio-equipment purchase (the new radio equipment line was negotiated down by a consultant, producing roughly $20,000 in savings). Combined, these transfers were proposed to fully fund the county match before the grant’s June 30 spending deadline.
The board moved and seconded the transfer motion and approved it by voice vote.
Ending
Staff were directed to execute the transfers and record the grant match in the CIP account so the grant funds could be expended by the June 30 deadline.
