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Cumberland supervisors approve FY26 appropriation, school bonuses and emergency grants
Summary
The Board of Supervisors approved multiple budget actions on June 10 including appropriation of FY26 budget funds, $163,930 in SOQ bonus funding to Cumberland County Public Schools, an Emergency Management Performance Grant purchase, and several budget supplements and transfers.
The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors approved several budgetary actions on June 10, including an appropriation for the fiscal year 2026 budget and a set of department-specific grants and supplements.
Finance and school staff asked the board to appropriate funds remitted under the governor’s approved budget: $163,930 was requested for Cumberland County Public Schools as an SOQ bonus position payment, restricted for bonus payments to SOQ-funded instructional and support personnel. County staff recommended approval and the board voted to appropriate the funds; no local match was required.
The board also approved acceptance and appropriation of a $7,500 Emergency Management Performance Grant through the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, a pass-through from FEMA. County staff said the grant funded two Toughbooks ($5,500) and four replacement striker batteries ($2,000) for emergency services equipment; earlier expenditures in FY25 met the local match requirement, so no additional local funding was needed.
In addition, the Virginia Department of Health remitted $25,809.92 in annual “4 for Life” funds to the county; staff recommended appropriating $12,009.92 for permitted EMS training and equipment uses, citing the department’s guidelines. The board approved the appropriation as presented.
Finance staff also requested multiple budget supplements and transfers for fiscal year 2025, reporting supplements totaling $85,971.93 and transfers totaling $3,773.93; the board approved those adjustments.
Finally, staff requested the board appropriate funds for the FY26 budget. The FY26 budget had been adopted previously on April 29, 2025 in the amount of $42,890,705; staff requested appropriation of $42,898,705 pursuant to Virginia Code section 15.2-2506, and the board approved the appropriation on June 10.
All budget motions noted in the agenda were approved by recorded votes at the meeting; the board’s action allowed departments to proceed with the specified purchases and to operate under the FY26 appropriated budget.
