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Work that will finally determine the county’s 1983-84 tax rate began at Monday’s board meeting as the supervisors agreed on five percent raises as a starting point in general salary policy.
Clerk Diane Bruce reported that Wally Cox, Rappahannock’s accountant, had requested a figure to use in drafting a preliminary budget. According to Cox, “statewide, it looks like it’s going to be five percent,” Bruce said.
By consensus, the supervisors agreed to use the same amount. “But it doesn’t necessarily mean we’re going to stick with five percent,” Chairman J.R. Latham added.
Sylvia Kreitler, director of Rappahannock’s Social Services Department, passed the 1983-84 request for welfare programs on to the board. She noted that the department’s proposed budget carries a bottom line total of $222,000, an increase of approximately $9,000 or
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