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Budget committee recommends monthly appropriations; DSS request adjusted and recommended for approval pending follow-up
Summary
The budget committee recommended monthly appropriations for Smyth County and the school board and adjusted the Department of Social Services request after discussion; the committee recommended approval of the adjusted DSS request pending an additional budget meeting.
The Smyth County budget committee reviewed monthly appropriations for August 2026 and recommended the board approve county and school monthly appropriations while holding final action on the Department of Social Services (DSS) request pending an additional budget meeting.
Committee materials showed the DSS initially requested $667,738; the committee discussion led to an adjusted request of $664,553.35 that the committee recommended for approval. The school board's monthly request was reported at roughly $5,000,913.03 and county administration's at $5,000,000 (plus smaller line items). Committee members discussed whether to allocate monthly only the amounts needed that month rather than a pro rata annual split and concluded monthly appropriations provide tighter control over spending.
A committee motion to recommend the board approve the county and school monthly appropriations and to defer final DSS approval until the follow-up committee meeting was seconded and reported to the full board as a committee recommendation.
