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(Continued from Page 1) also proposed that the supervisors make a decision on salary increases for county employees by that date and take a position as well on increase for constitutional officers so they can relay that opinion to the state compensation board (which sets salaries for constitutional officers throughout the state).
Supervisor Hubert Gilkey asked what impact the equalization board will have on the budget time frame.
“When you open up an equalization, board, you don't know where it’s goine to end." Cox replied. He expressed hope that the equalization board will be far enough along by May 1 to give the supervisors some idea of what the tax base will be so they can set a rate to produce revenue required by the 1982-83 budget.
He noted that the budget picture will remain out of focus for some time yet since the school board won't know what to expect from the state in the way of revenue until April. In addition, he said, welfare departments, mental health and mental retardation services, the health department and other agencies don’t know yet the total effect federal cuts and the new block grant programs will have on their budgets.
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