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King William supervisors approve sheriffs office staffing and grant moves, table dispatch overtime
Summary
Supervisors approved a grant appropriation for radio upgrades and added a $50,000 IT/network engineer position for the sheriffs office while tabling a separate dispatch overtime request until July. Board members debated budget placement and whether funds were already included in FY26.
The King William County Board of Supervisors on June 9 approved appropriations and staffing changes requested by the sheriffs office while delaying a separate dispatch overtime decision until its July meeting.
Lieutenant Dyson told the board the county's radio communications quote came in at $218,591 with an additional $6,000 connection for the Vesta system, and asked the board to appropriate the additional funds to support the BDM radio grant. "Once the quote did come in... it came in at $218,591, with an additional $6,000 connection," Dyson said, and the board moved to authorize the appropriation and the local match for the Emergency Management Performance Grant earlier in the meeting. Staff confirmed the requested fiscal-year language should reference FY26.
The board also approved Resolution 25-23 to create an IT/network engineer position to be housed in the sheriff's office and to assist the fire department with shared systems. Dyson described duties including managing Motorola radio aliases, CAD and mobile dispatch terminals, and body-camera evidence handling; he said the sheriff originally proposed a salary of about $50,000. After discussion about whether the position was included in the approved FY26 budget, the board voted to add the position with the stated $50,000 salary. Members noted that benefits typically add roughly 35% to salary costs.
Supervisors debated several overtime requests from the sheriff's office. Lieutenant Dyson asked to restore patrol overtime to $75,000; staff later clarified that patrol overtime was already budgeted at $75,000 in the approved budget. The board chose not to amend the capital budget for vehicles at this meeting and decided to handle vehicle needs on a case-by-case basis.
On dispatch overtime, the board acknowledged the dispatch overtime line showed $0 in the approved budget. Options discussed included reappropriating part of the patrol overtime line to dispatch or adding a dispatch-specific appropriation. Board members voted to table action on dispatch overtime (Resolution 25-25) until the July meeting to allow staff to reconcile budget line discrepancies and present options.
Votes at a glance - Resolution 25-22 (BDM radio grant appropriation): Approved by roll call. - Resolution 25-23 (IT/network engineer, $50,000 salary): Approved by roll call (recorded no vote by one member). - Resolution 25-24 (patrol overtime discussion): Board left FY26 appropriations as-is and will reevaluate; motion passed. - Resolution 25-25 (dispatch overtime): Motion to table to July; motion passed.
The board said it would return to the dispatch and vehicle items at a future meeting after staff provided reconciled budget options and clearer appropriation paths.
