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Board approves several small appropriations, including $5,000 school STEM grant and funding for animal control
Summary
Finance staff presented the January budget and several appropriation requests: a $5,000 VDOE STEM event grant for schools, funding for a 0.333 animal control officer position (total request listed as $41,727), a $1,000 radiological preparedness grant for emergency services, and a $700 VFRS hardware grant remitted to the volunteer fire department.
The board received the monthly budget report for January and approved a set of appropriation requests from county staff.
Finance staff said Cumberland County Public Schools had been awarded a $5,000 STEM family event grant from the Virginia Department of Education and recommended appropriation of those restricted funds to the school budget. “The schools has requested that the board appropriate grant funds awarded to them in the amount of $5,000,” finance staff said. The board moved to approve the appropriation for the schools.
Administration and finance also asked the board to appropriate funding for a 0.333 animal control officer position filled in December; the request was described as $41,727 to cover salary and benefits for Dec. 1, 2025–June 30, 2026. The board moved and recorded affirmative votes during the meeting. Finance further recommended appropriation of $1,000 received through the Virginia Department of Emergency Management’s radiological emergency preparedness program to equip the EOC with light-screen monitors, and the board approved a $700 FY26 VFRS hardware grant that had been awarded to the Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department.
(Transcript note: at one point the animal control appropriation amount is read as $41,727; later an utterance in the transcript references $41,007.27 — the packet lists $41,727. The county packet should be consulted to confirm the precise figure.)
