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Board approves $1.12 million budget amendment and new business‑tax software contract

Smyth County Board of Supervisors · April 24, 2026

Summary

Supervisors voted to approve budget amendment number 6 totaling $1,120,029 (including a $334,000 flood resiliency grant and other adjustments) and authorized a three‑year cloud business tax software contract at $10,500 annually to improve assessments and audits.

The board approved budget amendment number 6, which the budget committee recommended to adjust fiscal‑year accounts for grant receipts and other items. Committee members reported a flood resiliency grant of $334,000 and additional budget items, and the amendment was presented to the full board for a vote.

"Total, after discussion, Mister Waterman motion to recommend the board approve budget amendment number 6 in the amount of $1,120,029," the committee reported. The board voted to adopt the amendment during the meeting.

Separately, the board approved a three‑year contract for cloud‑based business tax software to improve assessments, audits and collections at a stated cost of $10,500 per year, with the first year funded through the commissioner’s budget. A committee member supporting the contract said the software will improve assessment accuracy and provide audit case management; on implementation prospects the committee member said, "I'm fully expecting within the 1st 3 weeks of it being deployed… it's going to be an insane return on investment."

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