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SRO asks for recurring support for summer youth camp; board conditionally appropriates $3,600
Summary
Sergeant Sawyer described a successful pilot youth camp funded by a reimbursable DCJS grant and asked the board for $3,600 annually to expand the program to 100 children; the board moved and approved a conditional appropriation by voice vote.
Sergeant Sawyer (identified in the meeting as the SRO assigned to the high school) briefed the board on a recent countywide mass casualty training held in school facilities and thanked student volunteers. He then described a summer youth camp the sheriff’s office ran with a reimbursable grant from the Commonwealth (estimated previously between $5,000–$7,000) and requested recurring local support of $3,600 per year to expand capacity from about 44 children to 100.
Sawyer said the requested funding would pay for shirts, catered meals (he estimated food costs around $3,000 in the prior year), arts and crafts, fishing gear and other program supplies; he noted the program also partners with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (referred to in the transcript as Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries) for fishing instruction.
Chair moved to appropriate $3,600 through the finance director with superintendent approval if funds are available; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. Board members expressed appreciation for the SROs’ work and asked finance staff to identify funding. The board noted the appropriation is conditional on availability of funds and the finance director (speaker 11) and board finance staff will handle the technical routing of funds.
