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due and at the end of June and the beginning of July when the county finishes out the fiscal year and the books are closed.
For her $35,000 salary Mrs. Foster is responsible for handling all the county’s money. Her signature is on all the checks, and she has to make the decisions on how the county’s funds are invested.
She regularly checks with Rappahannock National and Farmers and Merchants banks to find the best interest rates. Usually she finds Rappahannock National’s rates are as good or better, and she invests funds there because it is right across the street. She said during busy times she sometimes deposits money six times a day.
Mrs. Foster said laws detailing how she must handle funds are in several different parts of the state code. She is responsible for knowing all the sections that concern how she handles money, and she attends annual meetings for county treasurers that keep her up-to-date.
She said this year has been unusually hard for taxpayers and payment is slow coming in. Several people are out of jobs and having to pay their bills over time in regular payments. They also have to pay a 10 percent interest charge. “I will work with people if they have problems,” she said.
The major change in her office came when the bills were switched to computer. Now the records are sent to Richmond and the bills are printed by computer there.
The county is planning to put her office and that of Commissioner of Revenue Beverly Atkins on a computer locally. Mrs. Foster believes that is coming in the next year or two.
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