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Libraries, shelters, arts and social-service agencies present funding requests at Rockbridge budget meeting
Summary
At the Rockbridge County budget meeting, representatives of local nonprofits and regional providers presented operating and program funding requests, including a 16% operating request from the Rockbridge Regional Library System and requests from RARA, Lime Kiln Theatre, Rockbridge SPCA, VPAS and the Talking Book Center.
Representatives of the Rockbridge Regional Library System, two food-and-housing assistance organizations, the Lime Kiln Theatre, the Rockbridge SPCA, the Valley Program for Aging Services (VPAS) and the Talking Book Center each presented funding requests and program updates to the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors during the county's budget meeting.
Julie Gleyette, representing the Rockbridge Regional Library System and joined by Harper Donahoe, chair of the library's board of trustees, requested a draft operating allocation of $786,321 for fiscal 2026, a 16% increase from the current budget. The presentation listed factors behind the increase, including planned restroom renovations in Lexington, a library catalog upgrade, an estimated 18% rise in health-insurance costs (the library said it had conservatively budgeted 20% pending final figures), and a proposed 4% cost-of-living pay increase for staff.
Lindsay Perez, speaking for RARA (presented in…
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