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Rappahannock l\rw» Staff Writer
At the April 20 special meeting of the Rappahannock supervisors, county accountant Wally Cox handed out copies of a $3,276,723 working budget for 1981-82 that calls for a tax rate of $6.80 on real estate and $1.40 on licensed vehicles.
The supervisors made no reductions on Monday in funding requests from local agencies and departments. Apparently, any cuts in the $3.2 million total will come at work sessions which chairman E. P. Luke indicated will be scheduled before the board advertises next year's budget for public hearing set for June 1. Cox pointed out that the budget can also be amended between the time of the public hearing and the state’s June 30 deadline for setting 1982’s tax rate.
The rate in the preliminary budget represents an increase of approximately 53 per cent over last year’s levy of $4.40. Breaking down the major components of the tax hike, Cox attributed:
—15 cents to the board's action in setting zero assessment on merchants capital.
—70 cents to the elimination of taxes on farm machinery, livestock and household goods,
—10 cents to increases in ' the welfare budget,
—$1.50 to higher school costs.
—35 cents to proposed purchase of a county landfill site,
—10 cents to dispatch service for fire and rescue,
—10 cents for administration of land use taxation.
Offsetting the increases are reductions of 10 cents'on the
90.7%