Dinwiddie supervisors approve reassessment, mutual‑aid pact and contracts; Christmas Sharing reports record demand

The Dinwiddie County Board of Supervisors on June 17 approved several ordinances, contract awards and interagency agreements and authorized a staff offer to buy a used heavy‑rescue fire truck, while also hearing a report that volunteer Christmas Sharing distributed toys and other support to more families than in recent years.

The board voted unanimously to adopt a county ordinance permitting board‑approved employee bonuses, to approve a new general reassessment process effective Jan. 1, 2027, and to adopt three code changes affecting public nuisances and solid‑waste enforcement. The board also approved contract awards for pharmaceutical supplies used by county emergency services and for athletic and physical‑education supplies, and it passed a mutual‑aid resolution with Fort Lee. Separately, supervisors authorized the county administrator to make a binding offer, not to exceed $240,000, for a lightly used heavy‑rescue apparatus identified by fire and EMS staff.

Those actions come as county volunteer and nonprofit groups reported rising demand. Susan Carson, a coordinator with Dinwiddie Christmas Sharing, told supervisors the nonprofit had 18 regular members and a record 82 volunteers on distribution day; Carson said the program served 428 children and 166 families in 2024, up from 225 children and 104 families five years earlier.

Most of the formal votes were taken without extended debate. The board’s approvals included: a reassessment resolution and contract extension with Wampler Eanes Appraisal Group (the firm remains registered despite having been acquired by Vision), an amendment to the county code authorizing board‑approved monetary bonuses, and adoption of revised nuisance and solid‑waste sections that update enforcement…