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Board approves roughly $17.15 million appropriation from 1% school sales-tax fund for FY2026 projects
Summary
County staff reported updated school-literary project costs and the Board approved an appropriation to the 1% school sales-tax fund; transcript shows two different totals in staff remarks and the subsequent motion.
The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors voted Feb. 17 to appropriate funds from the county's dedicated 1% school sales-tax fund to cover school system projects. Finance/staff member Miss Vanderheide explained the appropriation was necessary because the specific project totals exceeded the not-to-exceed figure previously included in the budget.
Vanderheide told the board the earlier not-to-exceed figure of $24,400,000 had been refined and that "that total, instead of $24,400,000 is now $17,148,007.52," meaning the figure exceeded the administrative 1% threshold and required a public hearing and formal appropriation. After the public hearing (no speakers), a supervisor moved to "approve an appropriation of $17,148,752 to the 1% school sales tax fund as presented," and the motion passed unanimously.
The transcript records two different numeric values in sequence: staff presentation cited $17,148,007.52 while the motion as read in the meeting referenced $17,148,752. The board approved the appropriation "as presented" and the motion carried without opposition. The county's staff packet and official budget documents should be consulted to confirm the exact adopted appropriation and reconcile the two amounts recorded in the meeting transcript.
The appropriation is described as being paid with revenues from the 1% school sales tax approved previously by voters; Vanderheide said the funds are intended to finish prioritized school projects. No additional spending breakdown was read into the record at the Feb. 17 meeting.
