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Council clears a package of budget amendments: retention bonuses, registrar upgrades, GIS and rescue equipment
Summary
Finance committee items passed unanimously on first reading: $102,500 for EMS retention/incentives, $3,000 for GIS and software, $29,707 for registrar security upgrades, and $70,000 for fire technical-rescue equipment.
Lynchburg City Council on Nov. 28 approved a series of fiscal-year 2024 amendments and appropriations on first reading after unanimous support in finance committee.
Vice Mayor Feraldi presented four finance items that the committee had approved earlier in the day. The council approved: an amendment to the FY2024 federal/state aid fund budget appropriating $102,500 for one-time emergency-services retention bonuses and recruitment incentives; a $3,000 appropriation for emergency-services GIS tools and software; $29,707 to purchase security cameras and front-counter upgrades for the registrar’s office; and $70,000 to acquire equipment for the fire-department technical-rescue team. Each item was moved, discussed briefly by the vice mayor and committee chair, and approved on voice votes on first reading; subsequent formal adoption steps will follow the city’s ordinance schedule.
Council members noted the unanimous finance-committee support and moved each measure without extended debate. The registrar upgrades were described as a security and election-integrity enhancement tied to increased absentee and early voting usage. The $102,500 retention/incentive appropriation was described as a one-time investment to help recruiting and retention for emergency services.
All four items passed their first-reading votes without recorded dissent. The items came out of the finance committee as unanimous recommendations earlier in the day.
