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Budget committee recommends monthly appropriations for county and schools; DSS appropriation held pending follow-up
Summary
The Budget Committee recommended monthly appropriations rather than annual equal splits and presented numbers for August: DSS requested $667,738, the school board requested about $5,000,913 and county administration requested $5,000,000; the committee approved school and county requests and held DSS approval pending a follow-up budget committee meeting.
The budget committee reported that it will recommend monthly appropriations for Smyth County's August funding requests to improve cash‑flow tracking. S10 said the Department of Social Services requested $667,738 for August; the school board request was listed as $5,000,913.03 and the county administration requested $5,000,000 for the general fund. The committee recommended approving the county and school appropriations while holding the Department of Social Services request for additional committee review later the same day.
Board members discussed why monthly appropriations are being used instead of equal annual splits, and a committee member said the change is intended to provide more specific month‑by‑month tracking and cost detail. The committee's motion to recommend the monthly appropriations was moved and seconded and reported as unanimously approved by the committee; the board received the report and signaled concurrence with committee procedures for bringing the matter forward for full board action.
