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Board approves FY27 appropriation and several grant appropriations
Summary
The board approved a FY27 appropriation request totaling $42,851,651 and accepted multiple grants and insurance proceeds, including funds for a communications tower repair, PSAP education and GIS grants, a Department of Forestry award and a Virginia Fire Services Board mini-grant.
The county finance presenter requested appropriation of the FY27 budget and multiple incoming grants and insurance proceeds. Under Virginia Code section 15.2-2506, staff asked the board to appropriate $42,851,651 for the budget commencing July 1, 2026; the motion was moved and approved by board members.
Staff also recommended appropriations for other items: insurance proceeds for repairs to the Randolph communications tower, a combined appropriation of $2,273.23 for PSAP education and GIS/data program grants (FY26 awards), a Department of Forestry 50/50 grant of $4,833.27 to buy chainsaws, backpacks and forestry equipment for volunteer fire departments, and a Virginia Fire Services Board mini-grant of $10,716 for particulate-blocking hoods for volunteer departments. All items were presented and approved by roll call.
Board questions focused on budget timing and grant reporting; staff said some grants may be reimbursed in the next fiscal year and that full reconciliation would follow. The transcript records the amounts requested in each case and the board’s motions and approvals during the meeting.
