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Board approves state pass-through funds despite reservations from two supervisors

2904551 · April 8, 2025
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Summary

Supervisors approved a state-directed pass-through grant to an external organization over objections from two board members who said the county's legal and oversight risks were not sufficiently resolved.

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted 5-2 to approve a set of state-directed pass-through funds that county staff said must flow through the county to a community organization, despite objections from Supervisors Vega and Weir.

Supervisor Vega said she had tried to confirm whether the funding appropriation had been finalized in Richmond and that questions remained about oversight and potential liability. "When you read the staff report and when you read the majority of the documents attached to this item, it all comes from Richmond... I am very cautious about the organization…

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