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By PAUL McFARLANE
Rappahannock News staff writer
Is a $50,000 monument commemorating the Confederacy and those who gave their lives for the South worth insuring?
Should the “meat house” behind the county jail, assessed at a total of $10,000, be insured?
The county’s communications tower is valued at $10,000. Should it be insured.
And, if so, what kinds of coverage should the county buy to protect its property?
It is a series of questions the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors says it will address.
As part of a reorganization of the county’s insurance package, it was suggested that Supervisors investigate the cost of insuring buildings, grounds and property owned by the county.
The county owns the titles to 11 structures and their contents which, by the latest count, have been assessed at nearly $1 million.
Currently, supervisors are waiting to receive bids from Alexander and Alexander, a Richmond-based insurance agent, before deciding how many tax dollars should be sunk into insuring that property.
At a special meeting Aug. 16, Supervisors voted to hire the Richmond agency to carry much of the county’s insurance, particularly liability and workmen’s compensation for its employees.
It was suggested by Allan Thorton, whom the county hired as a consultant with the Industrial Insurance Management Corporation, that the county investigate covering its buildings and their contents, which are assessed at $944,000.
Such a decision, including the different types of coverage offered, could be discussed by Supervisors at their Oct. 7 meeting.
Richard O’Hare, an agent for Alexan
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