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Fluvanna supervisors weigh adding deputies and vehicles against school funding shortfall
Summary
Supervisors spent the bulk of a March 12 budget work session debating how many new sheriff's deputies and patrol vehicles to budget now versus later, and whether those choices force cuts or smaller increases to school funding.
Fluvanna County supervisors spent most of their March 12 budget work session debating how many sheriffs office positions and vehicles to include in the fiscal 2026 maximum budget and how that choice affects funding available for the school division.
The board, staff and sheriffs office leaders discussed several spending options that would add deputies and equipment now, delay some hires to January or split increases across fiscal years, and use CIP fund balance to pay for vehicles. County staff told the board the five additional deputies the board previously asked to include in the budget were shown with associated equipment and vehicle costs; the staff estimate for total recurring salary-plus-benefits-and-equipment cost per new deputy was presented in the meeting materials.
The sheriffs office representatives described heavy operational pressure: frequent court transports, long travel…
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