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Nottoway supervisors hear town‑run payroll plan seeking $44,500 monthly for full‑time fire/EMS staffing
Summary
At a Nov. work session the Nottoway County Board of Supervisors heard a proposal from a volunteer fire chief asking the county to remit $44,500 per month (about $534,000 a year) to a town to fund full‑time fire and EMS staff under a town payroll model; board members asked for legal review and a contract before any funding decision.
Chief Welch, identified in the transcript as chief of the local volunteer fire department, told the Nottoway County Board of Supervisors at a work session that his station has more than doubled call volume in the last decade while volunteer numbers have declined, and that the station needs paid staff to sustain fire and emergency medical services. "We're trying to build our volunteer system back, but in order to continue to provide good quality fire and EMS coverage out of our station, we need paid staff there," he said.
Welch presented a plan for the town to employ the staff while the county would provide funding to the town. He said that routing payroll through the town would allow employees to receive Virginia Retirement System (VRS) benefits and other town employee benefits and would create clearer…
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