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pahannock citizens polled would not mind higher taxes for improved fire and rescue service. “And government support won’t diminish our fund raising efforts,” he assured the supervisors, noting that the board’s appropriation would go towards paying insurance premiums and would still leave local companies with bills for repair and upgrading of equipment and facilities and other operating expenses.
“We want it all but we’ll take what you can give us and we won’t park our equipment in front of the courthouse!” Mr. Gore said. “The volunteers in Rappahannock County probably provide better service than some surrounding counties get from paid fire and rescue workers,” he reminded
the board members. Of the $40,475 increase requested, $38,200 will be used to pay the insurance premiums for Rappahannock’s five fire and rescue companies, he said.
As an example of spiraling insurance costs, fire chief Paul Poling reported that Amissville had just received a proposal that would up its premiums from $6,280 to $14,520.
“We’re spending too much of our time just trying to keep our heads above water,” said Flint Hill fire and rescue chief Frank Huff. “The time we spend raising money should be spent on training volunteers. Support from the supervisors would ease our burden.”
Social services
The budget for health and welfare shows a surge of approximately 55 percent over this year’s expenditures but of the $150,000 increase, the local share has risen only 1.7 percent, according to Sylvia Kreitler, welfare superintendent. “
Half the increase comes from inclusion of the fuel assistance program in the social services budget for the first time, she noted. The program — in place for eight years — is funded totally by the federal government with costs reimbursed to localities on a monthly basis, she explained.
Rappahannock Library
Library Board Chairman Bill Young described the county library as “under-staffed and under-budgeted.”
Operation has been possible through time donated by volunteers and money raised through outside sources, both private and public, he said. “We’ve deferred and deferred
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