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Augusta County supervisors review 2025 legislative priorities, debate Certificate of Public Need
Summary
The board reviewed a draft legislative package ahead of the VACO conference, discussing priorities including behavioral health, school construction, the Virginia Business Ready Sites program and a contested debate over modernizing the state—s COPN rules; staff were directed to draft alternate language for the General Assembly to study COPN.
Augusta County—s Board of Supervisors reviewed a draft 2025 legislative package that mirrors many items in the Virginia Association of Counties (VACO) preliminary program and includes county priorities such as behavioral health, I-81 corridor projects, electoral board staffing, 911 center support and school construction assistance.
Miss Wetzel, presenting the packet to the board, said the county had incorporated elements of VACO—s program and noted past state actions that aided the county, including funding for regional crisis stabilization and…
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