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Surry County approves FY2026–27 budget with technical correction, reserves funds for volunteer fire departments
Summary
The Surry County Board of Commissioners approved the FY2026–2027 budget June 2, 2026, reducing $18,845 in unneeded capital lease funds and moving recommended money for volunteer fire departments without fully executed FY27–FY29 service contracts into a reserve in Fund 59.
The Surry County Board of Commissioners on June 2 approved the county’s FY2026–2027 budget with a technical correction and a contingent funding reserve.
Upon motion of Commissioner Marion, seconded by Commissioner Melissa Hiatt, the board adopted the budget after agreeing to reduce the recommended budget by $18,845 to correct unneeded capital lease funding and to place funds earmarked for volunteer fire departments that have not submitted fully executed fire service contracts for FY27–FY29 into a reserve line in Fund 59.
County staff had presented the FY2026–2027 Recommended Budget during the meeting. The adjustment moves a technical capital‑lease correction out of departmental budgets and places at‑risk fire department allocations into a reserve pending completion of their service contracts; the transcript does not specify which volunteer fire departments are affected or the total amount moved into Fund 59 beyond the noted technical correction.
The motion to adopt the budget is recorded in the minutes as passing; the transcript does not supply a roll‑call vote tally for the budget motion.
