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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Monday night to adopt the proposed budget for next year.
The $7.1 million budget will continue to be funded by a 77 cent rate on real estate and a $2.90 rate on personal property.
Stonewall-Hawthom District representative Robert Anderson asked his fellow supervisors to consider reducing the real estate tax rate.
County Administrator John McCarthy responded, “We won’t be building a jail addition again, and we won’t be buying the town hall again, but the reason to retain and expand the surplus is we don’t know what Richmond is going to do to us, and it’s not likely to be good for us. ”
Jackson District representative Ellis Bingham said, “The last time we met, I was all for bringing it down, but I had to defer to better judgment. We don’t know what the state’s going to charge for permitting fees for the landfill. It will cost a county with a small population as much as Fairfax. I would feel more comfortable to build that reserve because we could well get clobbered.”
“From a budgeting standpoint, I would never recommend we retain 18 to 20 percent as surplus,” Mr. McCarthy said. “But there are carryover bills in the General Assembly that would require us to fund positions we have never funded before. If there is a situation where the state does not cut us, we can go ahead with deferred capital projects. We need to retain some security for the board and citizens of Rappahannock.”
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