An extended discussion at the Nottoway County Board of Supervisors meeting focused on funding emergency medical services and the value of volunteer responders.

Emergency‑services staff framed the issue around volunteer corps and budget realities. The presenter cited 85 volunteers on the Commissioner of Revenues roster (a broader roster of about 120 volunteers was also discussed) and said, by one calculation, paying each at an average total compensation of roughly $65,000 would amount to about $5.5 million. He also presented a lower‑cost paid staffing scenario (17 full‑time equivalents) with an estimated total cost around $1.5 million, to illustrate choices the county faces if volunteer staffing diminishes.

The discussion ranged across topics: a 1999 ordinance recognizing county emergency services as an integrated system; a proposal to consolidate earlier ordinances into a single, updated ordinance; concerns about Fort Pickett mutual‑aid changes; and the risk that instituting a levy without safeguards could imperil small volunteer fire departments. Several supervisors emphasized the "immeasurable" value of volunteers and the fiscal tradeoffs of moving to paid staffing.

Board members and staff agreed that EMS funding needs further work during budget deliberations and that any levy or reallocation should be crafted to avoid unintended harm to volunteer fire departments. No final funding action was taken.