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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
The Rappahannock Supervisors proved at last Friday’s public hearing that they can keep their constituents quiet and presumably happy by avoiding a tax increase.
There were no comments from the public at the June 22 hearing on the county’s advertised budget of $2,344,234. The proposed 1979-80 budget calls for a tax rate of $4.20 per $100 of assessed value—the same level of taxation as the current year.
The only requests presented at the public hearing came from Welfare Director Elizabeth Buntin, Superintendent of Schools Dr. William Bloomer and Sheriff W. A. Buntin.
Mrs. Buntin asked the Supervisors to restore $9,290 cut from the Welfare budget. She noted that the amount equals the salary of the second social worker approved by both the state and local Welfare Boards.
“How many people do you have in your office now?” asked Supervisor Chairman E. P. Luke.
“Six—this would make seven,” Mrs. Buntin answered.
Acknowledging state approval of the new position,
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