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Haysi council unanimously approves 2025–26 budget amendment, adopts 2026–27 budget
Summary
On June 23, 2026 the Haysi Town Council approved a 2025–26 budget amendment that reduced projected revenue and revised multiple expense lines, and it adopted the 2026–27 budget; both ordinances take effect on July 1 of their respective years.
The Haysi Town Council voted unanimously on June 23 to approve an amendment to the 2025–26 budget and to adopt the 2026–27 budget.
Clerk Amanda Perrigan presented the 2025–26 budget amendment, which reduced projected revenue from $2,178,193.88 to $1,594,136.28 and adjusted multiple expenditure line items: Administration to $205,962.33; Economic Development to $1,263,186.25; Maintenance to $41,761.26; Haysi Police Department to $49,803.89; and Haysi Fire Department to $33,422.75. Council Member Carter Branham moved approval and Susan Tiller seconded; Vice Mayor Michael Harris conducted a roll‑call vote and the motion passed unanimously.
Council then considered the proposed 2026–27 budget. Perrigan said she had received an email that the Virginia Retirement System was working on a reply to the town’s inquiry; Council Member Allison Mullins and others expressed concern about rising VRS participation costs but noted the town could not control the state rate. The proposed 2026–27 ordinance lists projected revenue of $1,141,198.37 and the following expenditures: Administration $232,172.87; Economic Development $790,975.38; Maintenance $28,313.56; Haysi Police Department $70,279.56; and Haysi Fire Department $19,457.00. Vice Mayor Harris moved to adopt the ordinance; Carter Branham seconded and the adoption passed unanimously by roll call.
Council members also discussed how the town compensates the volunteer fire department for fuel. Clerk Perrigan explained the fire department’s fuel purchases use a Wright Express (WEX) account rather than Truist credit cards on the town’s Truist account. The clerk said one option discussed with the mayor and the auditor was to appropriate the fuel amount in the budget and pay it directly to the fire department monthly or quarterly. Council Member Debbie Wood stressed the town was not cutting off the fire department and that the department had chosen to step back from town control; other options included reimbursements. Perrigan said the town has a small‑purchase procurement policy and that the mayor can authorize purchases under a limit she believed to be $50,000 but that she would confirm the current threshold. Mullins asked that internal controls be added to the next meeting agenda; Perrigan said she would do so.
Both ordinances are effective July 1 of their respective fiscal years. The council adjourned after the votes.
