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District 19 CSB representative briefs Dinwiddie supervisors on updated performance contract
Summary
District 19 staff reviewed amendments to the state performance contract that clarify reporting, compliance, resources and permanent supportive housing flexibility; supervisors asked about local budget impacts and flagged bank account detail in the draft.
County and District 19 officials briefed the Dinwiddie Board of Supervisors on the updated Community Services Board (CSB) performance contract with the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS).
Terrell Stewart, the District 19 presenter, summarized the purpose of the contract and described a set of amendments that tighten reporting rules, add enforcement language for compliance and dispute resolution, clarify accounting and federal reporting deadlines, and provide more flexibility for permanent supportive‑housing funding. Stewart said the contract aggregates state and federal requirements and that some language was intended to streamline what local CSBs must report to the state.
Supervisors asked whether the amendments would increase Dinwiddie’s local budget contribution. Stewart said local match obligations depend on state funding levels and that the CSB typically builds variance into budgets; she told the board that state funding drives changes and that localities are informed when final state figures are available. County legal staff reported having reviewed the agreement and noted some grammatical and drafting issues.
One supervisor flagged a passage in the draft that lists bank account and routing numbers at a detailed level; Stewart acknowledged the language appears because of the way some fiscal arrangements are implemented, but said she would follow up to clarify how those details should appear in the public posting and suggested further conversations with the county’s fiscal agent role.
Stewart said the contract is issued annually and that localities may adopt the performance contract in whatever manner they prefer; she recommended the board consider public notice and/or a resolution prior to the final signature by the CSB and DBHDS. The board indicated concurrence with staff’s general approach and offered to send minor editorial corrections to Stewart by email.
The presentation was informational; no board action was taken to adopt the contract at this meeting.
