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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Kappahannock News Staff Writer
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a budget of more than $6.5 million Monday night that calls for a 75-cent tax rate on real estate and a rate of $2.90 per hundred dollars value on personal property.
Almost $3.5 million of the $6,539,179 budget comes from local funds. In addition all of the money to rebuild the general fund surplus, which is another expense separate from the budgetary requirements to run the county, must come from local funds. “The state share is dropping all the time because you're so wealthy as far as the state is concerned," accountant Wally Cox told the supervisors.
Following through on an agreement reached at the public hearing June 7. the supervisors voted to pay $1,546 per employee for health insurance. This is the same amount the county has been paying this year, however, it will probably no longer cover 100 percent of the cost of a single subscriber's rate. County Administrator John McCarthy told the board.
Another change made Monday evening from the advertised budget was an addition of $1,250 for advertising by the Board of Supervisors and the Board of Zoning Appeals. The building inspector's salary was also cut by $825, but the salary for the gypsy moth coordinator was increased by $850. The reduction in the inspector’s salary was possible because of the resignation of Everett Estes, so his proposed raise was dropped from the budget. The amount for travel compensation for the building inspector was increased by $750.
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