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Board unanimously approved the purchase of these three new vehicles.
The Sheriff also introduced the topic of Law Enforcement Officer Supplements (LEOs) that he described as a supplemental retirement system for deputies. LEOs would require an increase in the local contribution to the Virginia retirement system that would amount to approximately $40,000 per year. The supplement would benefit deputies by enabling them to retire at age 60, instead of 65, and would give them an additional $800 per month until they reached the age of 65, at which time the supplemental retirement would be replaced by social security.
County
Administrator
updates
County Administrator McCarthy provided updates to the Board on a number of issues. He reported that Virginia General Assembly House Bill No. 2827, that permits local jurisdictions to monitor the land application of sewage sludge, has passed the House and is in the Senate for consideration. County Attorney Peter Luke reminded the Board that court action had "gutted" the Rappahannock County ordinance that prohibits land application of sewage sludge, and that the Board would have to "deal with that issue"—to come up with an approach to regulate instead ■qf prohibit sewage sludge appHea^on.
Mr. McCarthy provided an written update on the Sperryville Gateway project
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