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Not a single taxpayer showed up at Monday’s public hearing to complain about the 33 cent tax rate advertised with Rappahannock’s proposed $3.6 million budget for 1982-83.
Despite the lack of opposition. supervisor H. B. Wood, traditionally the most fiscally conservative member of a board known for the fiscal conservatism that has kept Rappahannock's tax rate one of the lowest in the state, indicated that he will seek to have the levy cut to 32 cents at next Monday's special meeting for budget adoption.
This is the year that Rappahannock County is scheduled to go from its old tax base of discounted assessments to taxes based on 100 percent of fair market value.
Last year's rate was $4.10 applied to the discounted assessments. To generate the same amount of revenue using fair market value assessments, the rate for 1981-82 would have been a traction over 31 cents, according to accountant Wally Cox.
He told the supervisors that, based on the latest information from county treasurer Frances Foster, the proposed 1982-83 budget with a 33 cent tax rate will produce a surplus of $200,000 at the end of the fiscal year.
"1 don't think we could have hoped for any better situation than we have." said supervisor Charles Estes, referring to the one plus a
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