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Board approves FY26 general and special‑fund budgets with separate votes for sheriff, emergency management and commissioner revenues
Summary
Supervisors finalized the FY26 budget, approving the general fund appropriation and separate allocations for the sheriff, emergency management and commissioner revenues, along with coal/gas road and 911 funds.
After several budget workshops, the Dickenson County Board of Supervisors approved the county’s fiscal year 2026 appropriations on Tuesday, voting separately on several offices and funds as requested by supervisors.
The board removed the commissioner revenues appropriation, emergency management, and the sheriff’s operating budgets from the main general‑fund vote so each could be considered and approved separately. During roll‑call votes the supervisors approved the following items as recorded in the meeting packet:
• Commissioner of the Revenue appropriation: $501,938 (approved)
• Emergency Management appropriation: $33,112 (approved)
• Sheriff’s appropriation: $3,357,864 (approved)
• General fund operating appropriation (with the above items removed): $27,431,753 (approved)
• Coal and gas road improvement fund: $2,850,500 (approved)
• 911 fund (FY26): $1,048,025 (approved)
Board members discussed the difficulty of preparing the budget after required cuts and thanked staff and fellow supervisors for the time involved in negotiations and workshops. The board also noted the total operating figure (with separate items) is comparable to the current year and emphasized prudence in spending.
All appropriations listed above were approved in separate motions and recorded by roll call; several supervisors abstained on specific votes where they were employees or had other conflicts, as recorded during the meeting.
