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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Board of Supervisors began a race against time Monday, and at risk is the county’s federal revenue sharing money which last year amounted to more than $41,000.
Deadline for compliance with regulations for handicapped access to public buildings is mid-October, reported zoning administrator John McCarthy. “I don’t see how we can meet that,” he said, referring to the courthouse where a flight of steps to the upstairs courtroom presents a barrier to handicapped people in attending meetings of local government and sessions of court.
For the rest of Rappahannock’s public buildings, either the buildings themselves are accessible or the services provided there can be carried to the handicapped person, according to Mr. McCarthy. Even with the courtroom, local government meetings could be “carried” downstairs by video camera; however, Virginia law does not permit that to be done with court functions, he explained.
He recommended that a committee be appointed to begin progress toward bringing the courthouse into compliance. At least authorize the committee to contact architects specializing in handicapped design for alternatives and rough cost projections, Mr. McCarthy advised. Even if work begins immediately, “we’re going to need that theater (the Gay Street Theater, which is handicapped accessible and where government meetings were held during recent cosmetic renovations to the
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