Montgomery County supervisors will move around a lot of money, and will talk about how to spend money in the next fiscal year, when they meet Monday.
The county board’s agenda includes proposed funding appropriations for school upgrade projects, human services, public safety and more, along with a county staff presentation on the proposed county budget for fiscal 2026-27, which will begin July 1.
The online meeting agenda packet includes no documents regarding the next budget.
Supervisors will begin with a closed meeting at 7 p.m. to discuss a personnel matter. The regular meeting will begin at 7:15 p.m. in the second floor board chambers at the county government center, 755 Roanoke St., Christiansburg.
Appropriations all around
Supervisors will vote on the following:
— Appropriating $1.3 million as a state supplemental allocation for additional costs of providing Children’s Services Act programs for at-risk youth and families. The state funding is nearly $931,600; the required local match is more than $368,400.
— Appropriating $495,500 of interest income from a Christiansburg High School capital project bond for school facility improvements, including: $357,000 for overall phone system upgrades following recent service outages; $90,000 to replace some cracked plaster ceilings at Margaret Beeks Elementary School with a metal grid and acoustic tile system; $33,500 to install snow guards at the school system’s Operations Center and at Kipps Elementary School, following recent incidents in which snow fell on vehicles and fell from a steep structure onto a breezeway, causing damage; $9,000 for a geotechnical survey of a sinkhole about 20-30 yards from the Blacksburg High School student parking lot, which school officials say poses no danger to students or personnel; and $6,000 to replace subpar fluorescent gym lighting at Auburn Middle School and Shawsville Middle School with LED lighting.
— Appropriating $280,000 from a special contingencies fund to the sheriff’s office for the salary and benefit costs of transferring three school resource officers.
— Appropriating more than $55,600 to the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, representing donations earmarked for specific programs.
— Appropriating $25,000 to Longshop McCoy Fire and Rescue for a digital sign similar to those at other county fire and rescue agencies.
Polling places temporarily on the move
Also on the agenda are:
— A public hearing and a vote on temporarily changing the A-3, E-3 and F-3 precinct polling places from Virginia Tech’s Squires Student Center to McComas Hall, 895 Washington St. S.W., for an April 21 state referendum on redistricting.
The Democratic-majority General Assembly has proposed significant changes to Virginia’s congressional district boundaries to boost election chances for Democrats in November. Lawmakers are among Democrats in several states who proposed redistricting after the Republican-majority Texas statehouse redrew the map to favor GOP congressional candidates, at the behest of President Donald Trump.
The April referendum will give citizens a voice in whether Virginia’s House of Representatives district lines will be redrawn. However, the proposal faces a court challenge by Republicans.
— A presentation by the New River Valley Homebuilders Association on the local housing industry. No supporting documents are available on the county’s website.
You can find meeting documents at https://montva.community.highbond.com/Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Org=Cal&Id=408.
