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Hanover DSS presents FY27 budget with 7.2% increase, funding for staffing and one-time upgrades
Summary
Hanover County Department of Social Services staff presented the FY27 budget showing total expenditures rising from $8.19 million to $8.78 million (7.2%). The plan includes salary and fringe increases, a 3% merit pool, funding for expanded EBT issuance hours ($20,000), and a $42,000 one-time audiovisual upgrade for the conference room.
Hanover County Department of Social Services staff briefed the Social Services Advisory Board on the department’s adopted FY27 budget, which totals $8,777,528—an increase of 7.2% from the FY26 adopted figure of $8,190,977. Les Beasley, the department’s Budget Management Analyst, presented a breakdown showing Salaries & Fringe rising to $6,690,303 (an 8.7% increase) and operating expenses to $419,225 (13.4% increase). The slides list a 3% merit increase included in the FY27 plan.
The presentation identified several discrete funding items: $20,000 in recurring funding for a part-time, non‑benefited Customer Service Agent to expand EBT issuance hours at the Bell Creek location and $42,000 in one-time funds to upgrade conference-room audiovisual equipment. Revenue assumptions include a 25.0% increase in General Fund revenue (from $2,416,338 to $3,019,232) and essentially flat intergovernmental revenue. The board received the update as an informational briefing; the minutes record the financial update as attached to the meeting materials.
