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Nottoway supervisors debate EMS funding, volunteer valuation and ordinance consolidation
Summary
Emergency services chief Hyde presented safety-audit results and a plan to consolidate fire/EMS ordinances; board members debated costs of replacing volunteers with paid staff, decal/pass-through funding, and creating capital funds for equipment amid consideration of a levy to fund EMS.
Emergency services chief Hyde gave a wide-ranging report that included safety audits, a planned Dec. 22 school reunification drill, mutual-aid discussions, and what he described as a valuation of the county’s volunteer emergency responders.
Hyde said volunteers add significant value: referencing an 85‑volunteer baseline and a salary study average of $65,000, he presented a hypothetical replacement cost in the millions if volunteers were replaced by paid…
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