The largest revenue source for most localities comes from the real property tax, but many local government budgets also include payments for various services.
One of the items on the consent agenda for the December 10, 2024 Nelson County Board is a budget amendment to collect $10,042.50 from the University of Virginia for the Sheriff’s Department to work special events.
The two entities signed an agreement on August 2, 2024 to govern the provision of assistance. This includes “providing police and traffic control services and when deemed necessary, a representative in unified command for sporting events and major agreements.”
For instance, officers worked the UVA football game against Louisville for a $3,315 payment. That’s based on an hourly rate of $65 an hour for an 8.5 hour shift. Another $1657.50 was earned for the Sabrina Carpenter concert on October 20, $3,672.50 for the football game against the University of North Carolina, $1,137.50 for the Jelly Roll Concert on October 30, and $260 for the men’s basketball game.
The budget amendment also includes the addition of an $11,490 grant from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for the Nelson County Litter Prevention and Recycling Services and the Extended Polystrene campaign. The latter was mandated by the General Assembly in 2021 according to the DEQ website.
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Sean, Thanks for reporting the good news! As a subscriber and supporter of your posts, I am very pleased and grateful to see the information regarding Nelson County as your close neighbor and advocate for positive communication and partnering in continuous improvement efforts. …. That said, a couple of minor corrections: the meeting was held day before yesterday (not today, as generally the meetings are the second Tuesday at 2pm). And secondly, the Sheriff of Nelson County, Mark Embry had already posted the invoices as public knowledge and awareness. They were also posted in the minutes and budget adjustments. I wonder if other adjacent counties to Albemarle are also participating in the security agreements with UVA? It seems like a smart program. Thanks again for your diligent and honest reporting. William
Thank you! As you’ll see at the bottom of the post, the content for this post was originally in a newsletter published on December 10. I should have updated the date reference, but was too speedy in my posting. I’ll fix that now.
And about the receipts, the information comes directly from the agenda packet for the Nelson County Board of Supervisors for December 10. I do this work in order to shed light on many different aspects of how government works. On Sunday, the Week Ahead newsletter is exclusively dedicated to pointing out details of what is on agendas at the six localities I cover.