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The Rappahannock Welfare Board will be faced with a difficult decision next month.
Social Services Director Elizabeth Buntin told Board members J. R. Latham and Carter White at last Friday’s meeting that they will have to either eliminate one of the most cost effective services from the list of programs provided in the county or ask the Supervisors for more money. ""
However, even if the Welfare Board chooses to drop optional programs, the Supervisors will still have to appropriate additional funds to cover mandated assistance and administrative costs, Mrs. Buntin later explained.
She estimated that approximately $4,200 additional local revenue would be required. Of that amount, $1,600 is needed to fund optional companion services to the elderly.
Mrs. Buntin told the Board members at last Friday’s meeting that a deficiency in local funds allocated to Welfare Department programs and administration caused the problem.
She recalled that county auditor Walter Cox had “complained bitterly” about Welfare Department budget forms getting more and more out of line with county budget forms because the differences made it difficult to accurately transfer data.
In the current year, the local share of costs for assistance and administration is $27,565, according to Mrs. Buntin.
However, she said that the amount of local funds in the county budget approved by
Two Charged
Turning In
False Alarms
A man from Chester Gap and a juvenile from there have been charged with turning in false alarms to several area fire companies. The arrests conclude about eight weeks of investigation by R. D. Hawkins, Deputy in Rappahannock and Hal Meredith, a Warren County investigator.
A number of false alarms had been turned in to Chester Gap, Flint Hill and Front Royal fire companies. False alarms are serious offenses which cause needless waste of equipment and man hours.
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