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Newberry County work session: public safety budget rises, staff proposes $60,000 fire‑service master plan
Summary
County staff presented a $7.87 million public safety division budget — up $373,945 — citing non‑personnel and capital increases. Staff proposed a $60,000 third‑party master plan for fire service, new engines and ambulances, and several small grants to fund radios and equipment.
County staff on Tuesday laid out proposed increases for Newberry County’s public safety budgets and pressed the council to approve studies and capital purchases aimed at modernizing aging emergency equipment.
Luckettone, the staff presenter, said the public safety division’s proposed budget totals $7,866,275 — an increase of $373,945 — and that the rise is “largely attributed to a number of changes in the non personnel and capital sections of the departmental budgets.” He told the council the county had received two small grants — about $35,300 from Dominion Energy and a $35,000 emergency management…
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