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The motion to approve the surchange passed four to one with Mr. Massie voting against it.
The supervisors also approved a $2 tax to be added to fines collected by the court system for criminal or traffic violations. The money raised by this tax will be earmarked for renovations, improvements and operating expenses of the courthouse and jail. Mr. Massie made the motion to approve this tax. “If you keep your nose clean, you won’t have to pay it,” he said.
The supervisors also approved a resolution to be sent to the Governor L. Douglas Wilder, Rappahannock’s representatives in the General Assembly and the committees that will consider ways to cut the state budget because of reduced revenue. The resolution points out that the county has already adopted a tax rate and can’t change it now. “Therefore any reduction in State aid will result in direct reduction in services to citizens, primarily in the fields of education and social services,” the resolution says.
The supervisors also heard a report on several county projects. Not much has happened in the last month on the jail addition, Mr. McCarthy pointed out, because it took several weeks for the town’s Architectural Review Board to approve brick and mortar to be used to face the building. Both have been delivered, and the brickwork can start as soon as weather permits, Mr. McCarthy said.
Progress on the dog pound also halted for three weeks, Mr. McCarthy said, so the construction crew could work on renovations to his new office, which will be in the former Extension office. He said the crew will be back at the pound this week, and the main holdup there was that the material to fence the runs hadn’t been shipped yet.
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