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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock Special Writer
There was an audible sigh of relief last Thursday as the Rappahannock supervisors took their first look at the draft county budget for 198889 and the tax rate necessary to fund it.
According to accountant Wally Cox, a 50-cent rate on real estate, $2.90 r^te on personal property (licensed motor vehicles only), and a draw of $391,688 from accumulated surplus would meet the expenses submitted by the various departments of local government. . “That’s great!” was the reaction from John McCarthy, the board’s administrative assistant, adding that be had feared a much higher levy would be required to cover the cost of landfill development. ; Mr. McCarthy warned, however, that solid waste disposal may yet run more than the $400,000 anticipated in the draft budget, depending on the bids to be opened next week for construction of the new county landfill. Accordingly, the supervisors agreed to advertise a rate of 52 cents per $100 of assessed value on real estate. “And hope that we can cut it down,” added Supervisor Nelson Lane.
Even a rate of 52 cents looks better than this year’s 69-cent levy, but
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