Mathews supervisors painted a grim picture during last Thursday’s board meeting of the physical condition of the county’s schools and the money it could take to fix the problems. They also heard from the county’s financial advisers, Davenport and Company, about the county’s financial position and what that might mean for addressing the infrastructure issues.
In discussions that peppered various parts of the agenda, supervisors mentioned a broad range of capital projects that need to be addressed.
“We’ve got to get stuff fixed,” said supervisor Dave Jones. “It’s a lack of maintenance.”
Chairman Tim Doss agreed, saying, “We have a huge hill for us to climb.” He said that preventive maintenance had been neglected for years, impacting heat, water, roofs, and other structural components.
“We’re talking about decades of things that haven’t been fixed,” he said, “and we’re looking at fixing them at much higher prices than years ago … We could put a Band-Aid on it, but that’s just not the righ...