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Finally the supervisors voted opposition to binding arbitration in disputes between the school board and school system employees. “Teachers’ organizations support this, but administrators and school boards oppose it. They say it would cost a great deal of money that would not be going for education,” Mr. McCarthy said.
Following the supervisors’ approval of Mr. McCarthy’s suggestions for a legislative agenda. Col. Bingham said, “There’s one thing I agree with Nelson on (former Stonewall Hawthorn District representative Nelson Lanek If the state mandates something they should pay for it."
Phil Irwin, from the audience, suggested that the supervisors should support such a bill.
Mr. Irwin also suggested the supervisors support repeal of the Dillon rule, which holds that the Commonwealth of Virginia retains for itself all powers not specifically delegated to its localities. “It’s been introduced, but it never got out of committee,” he said. The supervisors took no action on Mr, Irwin’s suggestions.
Recycling came up again when the supervisors considered two grant proposals. Mr. McCarthy told them the county had received approval for a grant to conduct a study of possibilities for local recycling. The grant is for up to $5,000, but would require local matching funds.
The supervisors decided to take no action on that grant and instead support a proposal for a $40,000 grant .sought by Planning District Nine. That grant, if approved would cost local taxpayers $500 and would involve acquiring a chippers for four localities including Rappahannock to grind up brush and tree limbs, turning them into a potentially recyclable mulch.
Mr. McCarthy told the supervisors that the county currently bums such material but is only able to get a permit every 60 days for such burning. “The volume is right at the limit,” he said. If the county starts to get more brush than it is currently getting a bum every 60 days won’t get rid of it, he explained.
He said that brush that is burned doesn’t count towards the county’s contribution to recycling, but mulch made available to the public would.
The supervisors liked the idea of a chipper, but wanted one that would grind up tires also. “I put together a recycling system for some people in Yugoslavia,” Col. Bingham said. This involved a machine which ground up tires and separated out the steel in the belts, he said.
Mr. McCarthy said the chippers the PD 9 grant was seeking probably wouldn’t be able to handle tires. A machine to do that probably ought to be purchased on a regional basis, he suggested. .
The supervisors voted to support the PD 9 grant, but reserved the right not to accept the grant if the local cost was too high.
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