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Smyth County approves budget amendment, backs Chilhowie water project with moral-obligation pledge
Summary
The Board unanimously approved Budget Amendment #4 ($930,540), agreed to a moral-obligation pledge to support Chilhowies $6M+ water project pending audits and authorized $10,000 in OAA funding to SWVA Legal Aid; the Board also accepted a Trane energy-audit agreement and several committee recommendations.
The Smyth County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 26 approved a series of budget and infrastructure actions, including a moral-obligation pledge to support the Town of Chilhowies planned $6 million-plus water project, adopting Budget Amendment #4 and approving a $10,000 Opioid Abatement Authority direct-distribution request for Southwestern Virginia Legal Aid Society.
Chilhowie Town Manager Brian Martin told the Board the proposed water project would be funded with a Virginia Department of Health loan/grant package that is roughly half grant and half…
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