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separate public work session be held by the Supervisors on just the welfare department requests before the next county budget is set up. She maintained that Rappahannock citizens, in addition to the Supervisors, would benefit from a better understanding of the programs and funding procedures involved in public assistance.
Luke doubted that a work session would help. He said he was “still in a fog”, even after Mrs. Buntin’s explanations. “Pass this (the welfare budget) out to the general public and 1 know exactly what they’ll do—They’ll throw it in the trash can.”
After answering inquiries from the Board on her welfare requests, Mrs. Buntin had a question for the Supervisors on how they intended to deal with the problem of information covered under the privacy Act.
(The welfare department administers a program that covers hospital bills for indigents not eligible for Medicare or Medicaid. Payment has to be approved by the Supervisors but the recipient’s name is to remain confidential, according to state welfare regulations.)
"I’m not sure I can come up here in executive session and lay out cases for you if you’re not under the same confidentiality restraints as I am,” Mrs. Buntin told the Supervisors.
Matters discussed in executive session are later put into the minutes of the Board meetings and then become public record, interjected clerk Ned Jones.
Mrs. Buntin reported that she had written to the state offices in Richmond for guidance. She noted that the county Welfare Board kept two sets of minutes—one for open sessions and another for executive sessions. She suggested that the Supervisors may also want to consider this possibility when discussing confidential welfare cases covered under the Privacy Act.
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