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Board approves third '0.25' appropriation requests totaling packet amount; transcript shows numerical ambiguity

Smyth County Board of Supervisors · January 9, 2026

Summary

The board approved the packet-listed third '0.25' appropriation requests, which the packet and meeting reader presented as totaling $32,000,004.87 (transcription contains ambiguity). The appropriations cover multiple county funds and programs and were approved by voice vote.

Staff presented the list of third '0.25' appropriation requests in the meeting packet and read a total amount aloud as "$32,000,004.87." Board members moved to approve the appropriations covering the general county fund, economic development authority (EDA), schools, social services, water‑sewer deposits, sheriff's drug accounts and other listed funds; the motion carried by voice vote.

The transcript contains unclear numeric renders in the readback; the packet page was identified as the authoritative source for details (page 5 and individual requests later in the packet). Where the meeting audio and transcript are ambiguous, the packet should be consulted for exact appropriation line items and totals.

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