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Prince Edward supervisors approve budget supplements, contracts, and personnel changes; treasurer card limit raised
Summary
The board approved the consent agenda and several votes including a T&K elevator contract (cost savings), a treasurer credit-card limit increase to $10,000 (one abstention), an EMS levy budget supplement, endorsement of a state funding request for the Mary E. Branch Heritage Center, and a salary amendment for the county administrator following closed-session action.
At its November meeting, the Prince Edward County Board of Supervisors approved a series of routine and non‑routine actions spanning finance, contracts and personnel.
The board unanimously approved the consent agenda. Finance staff presented a new T&K elevator maintenance agreement for courthouse elevators that reduces annual costs by $7,104; the board voted to accept the contract. The board then approved raising the treasurer’s office credit card limit from $3,000 to $10,000 to accommodate recurring DMV and other payments; Supervisor David Emmerton announced he would abstain from that vote, and the remaining members approved the increase.
Using funds from the county’s EMS levy account, supervisors approved a FY26 budget supplement to distribute to local EMS agencies and to establish or continue a contingency fund for vehicle and equipment replacement; staff reported a current available balance of $355,866.66 and said the contingency cap (previously set at $500,000) will be reviewed at a future meeting.
The board also endorsed a request to Delegate Tommy Wright and other legislators to consider budget language in the 2026 General Assembly for the stabilization and restoration of the Mary E. Branch Heritage Center, a historic former elementary school that staff said faces critical structural damage that could lead to complete loss without stabilization funding.
After a closed session to discuss annual performance reviews and acquisition of real property, the board returned to open session, certified compliance with the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and took several post-closed-session actions. The board directed staff to revise the county attorney and county administrator contracts to fiscal-year terms and approved an amendment raising the county administrator’s salary to $178,000 effective Nov. 1. The board recorded roll-call votes on those personnel decisions.
No member suggested the county was committing further funds for the Mary Branch project at the meeting; staff said state and federal funding and private donations would likely be needed. The board also discussed landfill payment practices and cited outside counsel guidance that collection points need not accept cash in every circumstance when logistical issues make it impractical.
The meeting concluded after recorded votes and certification of closed-session compliance.
