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million and represents a 10 percent increase over the current year’s “bottom line” of $4,540,413. “It basically reflects requests as presented,” said the accountant.
According to the draft, the real estate tax rate necessary to support $5 million in expenditures would be 67 cents per $100 of assessed value if surplus fiinds aren’t to be used. As a general rule, the county should maintain a surplus equal to 5 percent of its annual budget, according to Mr. Cox. In Rappahannock’s case, that means approximately $200,000.
Supervisor Newbill Miller proposed advertising a tax rate of $62 cents for the required public hearing on the county budget.
“That’s going to be cutting it ter
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