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Nottoway supervisors consider tax levy, property purchases as emergency medical services warn of collapse
Summary
Board members warned that Nottoway County’s primary volunteer ambulance service has reported steep losses and reduced coverage, and discussed options including a dedicated EMS/fire tax levy, county payrolling of crews, or purchase of squad properties to secure service continuity.
Nottoway County supervisors spent the meeting’s longest block of time on an urgent funding shortfall at local emergency medical services providers and potential county responses.
County administration reported that Nottoway Emergency Squad asked for $892,897 in next year’s budget — up from a baseline of roughly $214,000 — and that Burkville Volunteer Fire Department’s request included restoration of a roughly $200,000 item the group previously declined. County officials and supervisors said the level of the requests and the squad’s reported 90%-plus reliance on paid staff rather than volunteers pose an immediate risk to residents’ 911 response.
Why it matters: Board members described a realistic prospect that calls to 911 could go unanswered…
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