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Supervisors consider personal-property tax relief to recruit volunteer firefighters and EMS
Summary
Nottoway supervisors reviewed options to reduce or waive personal-property taxes for volunteer firefighters and EMS personnel — including exempting one vehicle, all personal property, or pairing one vehicle exemption with a real-estate credit — and signaled preliminary support to pursue a one-vehicle exemption to zero as a near-term step.
Nottoway County supervisors spent the bulk of their June 12 work session discussing incentives for volunteer firefighters and EMS members, focusing on personal-property and limited real-estate tax relief to aid recruitment and retention.
Staff presented multiple options and associated county revenue impacts: exempting one primary vehicle owned by volunteers would reduce county receipts by about $22,009.94 across all eligible volunteers; exempting volunteers’ other personal property (trailers, additional vehicles) would cost about $45,002.46; combined options or…
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