04-04-2024 Called Meeting - Budget Approval - FINAL
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’
CALLED MEETING (BUDGET APPROVAL)
April 4, 2024
VIRGINIA: The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors' ("Board") Called Meeting was
held on April 4, 2024, in the Board Meeting Room, 39 Bank Street, SE, Chatham, Virginia 24531.
CALL TO ORDER (5:00 PM)
Dalton called the Meeting to Order at 5:00 PM.
ROLL CALL
The following Board Members were present:
Darrell W. Dalton - Callands-Gretna District
Robert M. Tucker, Jr. - Banister District
Kenneth L. Bowman - Chatham-Blairs District
Timothy W. Dudley - Staunton River District
Eddie L. Hite, Jr. - Dan River District
Murray W. Whittle - Westover District
William V. (“Vic”) Ingram, Tunstall District, participated remotely from Wesley Long Hospital
located at 2400 W Friendly Ave, Greensboro, NC, due to sickness.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion to approve Agenda.
RESULT: 7-0 (Approved)
MOVER: Tucker
SECONDER: Dudley
AYES: Dalton, Tucker, Bowman, Dudley, Hite, Ingram, Whittle
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
NEW BUSINESS
Turille stated that the FY 2025 County Budget Resolution is up for adoption and includes a 56¢ tax
rate, based on the Board’s consensus from the last meeting. This is a tax rate reduction of 6¢ from
the current 62¢ rate. This Budget includes important items, such as increased funds for fire and
rescue trucks and ambulance equipment, EMS and fire equipment, maintenance contracts, EMS
training, more funding for fire and EMS volunteers to assist with recruitment, more support for the
Sheriff’s Office to keep the community safe, and more for the Schools, so teacher pay is at a level
to recruit and retain the best for the County and its children in the future. Turille stated, if the Board
chooses not to accept this rate and go to a 54¢ rate, the Board could approve the School Budget
tonight, but the Board would need another meeting to reallocate County expenses, including the
proposed reserve fund for large capital needs such as the jail. If the Board wishes to go below to
53¢, the Board cannot approve the School Budget tonight without additional meetings to reallocate
funds to meet that. With the rate at 56¢, the Board can do all the items that have been discussed in
the last three (3) or four (4) months.
The Board moved to item 5(b), Approval of FY25 County Budget, to handle that first.
b. Approval of FY25 County Budget/Budget Resolution
The County FY 25 Budget, in the amount of $239,161,887, was presented to the Board on March
12, 2024. A related Public Hearing was conducted on March 28, 2024, after the same was
noticed and advertised in The Chatham Star Tribune on March 20, 2024. This Meeting has been
set to approve the FY 25 County Budget in the amount of $238,986,887, the total budget adjusted
to reflect a 56¢ tax rate, along with Budget Resolution # 2024-04-01, which meets the Virginia
Code required seven (7)-day waiting period.
Motion to approve the FY 25 County Budget in the amount of $238,986,887, and Resolution #
2024-04-01 as presented.
MOVER: Tucker
SECONDER: Hite
Substitute Motion to approve the FY25 County Budget with a 52¢ tax rate.
RESULT: 3-4 (Failed)
MOVER: Bowman
SECONDER: Ingram
AYES: Bowman, Ingram, Dalton
NAYS: Dudley, Hite, Tucker, Whittle
ABSTAIN: None
Due to the failed Substitute Motion, the original Motion by Tucker was then voted on.
Motion to approve the FY 25 County Budget in the amount of $238,986,887, and Resolution #
2024-04-01 as presented.
RESULT: 5-2 (Approved)
MOVER: Tucker
SECONDER: Hite
AYES: Dudley, Hite, Ingram, Tucker, Whittle
NAYS: Bowman, Dalton
ABSTAIN: None
a. Approval of FY25 School Budget
The County's FY 25 School Budget, in the amount of $122,093,838 was presented to the Board
on March 12, 2024, as part of the County's overall Budget. A related Public Hearing was
conducted on March 28, 2024, after the same was duly and legally noticed and advertised in The
Chatham Star Tribune on March 20, 2024.
Motion to approve the County School FY 25 Budget in the amount of $122,093,838 as presented.
RESULT: 7-0 (Approved)
MOVER: Hite
SECONDER: Dudley
AYES: Dalton, Tucker, Bowman, Dudley, Hite, Ingram, Whittle
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
ADJOURNMENT
Dalton adjourned the Meeting at 5:43 PM.