The Mathews County Board of Supervisors, meeting in a special session last Thursday, unanimously approved budget amendments that provide more funding for the school system, the fire department, and the rescue squad, and appropriated the $39.77 million FY2024-2025 budget.
Schools
Funding for the schools increased by $299,305 in order to provide the Mathews County School Board adequate funds to give instructional staff an additional 3 percent raise on top of the 3 percent across-the-board raise already provided all school employees in the previously adopted budget.
County Administrator Ramona Wilson gave a slide presentation illustrating the budget changes she made to come up with the nearly $300,000 increase for the schools. She pointed out that various county departments decreased their budgets, including Mathews Memorial Library, $24,500; the Mathews Registrar and Board of Elections, $21,530; County Administration, $33,000; and Buildings and Grounds, $32,909, for a total of $111,939 i...