By Taylor Boyd
The Patrick County Board of Supervisors approved the $74.2 million fiscal year 2026-27 budget at its Monday, May 11, meeting.
County Administrator Michael McGuinness said the county is projected to end the budget process about $71,000 in the black for the upcoming fiscal year.
“I was told it was a pipe dream to go ahead and balance a budget and get it approved by May,” he said. “Well, I guess that pipe, I don’t know what you do with it, you smoke it or whatever, because we’re going to do it.”
McGuinness said the accomplishment is particularly notable because last year’s budget began with a $2.5 million shortfall.
