CAMPBELL COUNTY-- A day after the General Assembly approved the state’s budget, Campbell County officials are trying to make sense of what it means for local budget preparations.
Campbell County Administrator David Laurrell said details are trickling in about where the cuts will be and how deep they will go, but the county will lose about $8 million for the next budget year, which starts July 1.
“It’s pretty much what we expected,” he said.
To compensate for some of the cuts to education and the sheriff’s office, Laurrell said the county likely will pull about $1.7 million from savings to help lessen the blow.
“It’s not permanent money. It will last a couple of years,” he said. “It’s money we put in the bank over the last five years in anticipation of the downturn.”
The county’s draft budget will be given to the Board of Supervisors on April 5 and Laurrell said he expects officials will be working on it until the last minute.
One way the county is saving money is through a rolling hiring freeze. The move will stave off layoffs and furloughs, Laurrell said.
Supervisors approved Monday a plan by the library to consolidate some jobs, which eliminated one full-time job and one part-time job.
Laurrell said residents will notice increased response times when they call for services, such as building inspections and fire investigations, because there are fewer people to do the same amount of work. “Things are going to take a little (longer) to get it done.”
In other news:
Campbell County supervisors will ask the state transportation board to name a bridge on U.S. 460 crossing Buffalo Creek in memory of Carter Martin, a firefighter who was killed in 1995 after the Timber Lake dam burst. The designation will mark the 15-year anniversary of the flood.
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