The Halifax County Sheriff’s Office has received a boat which it will use on the lake and river, Chief Deputy Neil Aycock told commissioners Monday.

Aycock told the board the boat was donated by Dominion Energy. “I’ve been dealing with them for a while,” he said, and years ago the sheriff’s office received a truck from the company. “They told me they had a boat that was coming up that they were going to be trying to replace.”

It is a 1999 18-foot McKee Craft with a center console that comes with a trailer. It has been stored in a building during the winter.

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With a $10,000 value, Aycock said the company wants to donate it to the county. “We do have a section of the lake that’s in Halifax County and we do have issues sometimes on the river. It would give us access to get on the water when needed.”

The chief deputy requested that the board accept the donation, which was approved unanimously.

Aycock said the sheriff’s office will take the boat and get it emblazoned with the sheriff’s office logo and stripes.

Sheriff Tyree Davis said Aycock worked hard on getting the boat.

In another matter Davis asked the board to create a line item called the Community Safety Mentoring and Improvement category since the former Benefiting the Kids line item created by former Sheriff Wes Tripp has been frozen. “We can’t use the remaining funds that’s on that line item,” the sheriff said. “We have people who have given us donations throughout the county for many different things.”

Funds have been donated for the Flock Safety camera system, Christmas meals and other events. “We don’t have a line item right now when we’re taking donations … even when it comes to donating to other nonprofits. We’re paying for it out of our pockets right now. We have money that has been sent to us.”

County Attorney Glynn Rollins said a resolution had to be adopted for Tripp’s program and guidelines had to be set for how much money could be donated without having to come back to the board. 

Rollins said he wanted to study the issue further with the sheriff’s office staff and county management.

Davis said he would at least like to have permission to deposit money which has already come in. “We’re holding checks.”

Rollins had no problem with that but reiterated creating the line item would have to be studied further before it is created.