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Elections, prosecutor, mental‑health and public‑safety leaders press board for targeted funds
Summary
On April 9 several county departments asked supervisors for targeted funding: Elections seeks a CIP storage facility to use a $54,000 grant for security cages; the commonwealth's attorney requested a locally funded paralegal; Western Tidewater seeks an increase in county support for mental‑health service match; the sheriff asked for higher deputy pay to retain staff.
Multiple Southampton County offices and regional partners made separate funding requests at the April 9 budget work session, asking the board to include targeted items in the FY26 plan.
Elections: Lynn Burgess, director of elections, outlined a long‑standing space shortage for early voting, absentee processing and secure storage for equipment. Burgess said her office secured $54,000 of a regional $75,000 grant for election security cages and $14,000 for access control but needs…
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