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forcement of $33 was about average for the area. Culpeper spent $39, Fauquier $37, Madison $40, Page $20 and Warren $32. The state average for counties was $65. However, in the cost for correction and detention Rappahannock was highest at $50, but funds for the jail addition are included. Culpeper spent $31, Fauquier $15, Madison $6, Page $14, and Warren $21. The state average was $22.

Rappahannock was also highest in spending for fire and rescue at $16. Culpeper spent $11, Fauquier $15, Madison $6, Page $3, and Warren $13. The state average is $43.

The category of Public Works added another $50 per person to Rappahannock’s spending. This was 4.8 percent of the budget and 80.8 percent of the state’s average of $62. The state picks up less than 1 percent of this category, which includes the costs of the landfill and maintenance of county buildings.

Again Rappahannock’s spending in this category is higher than surrounding counties. Culpeper spent $19, Fauquier $40, Madison $15, Page $21, and Warren $22. Most of this difference is because Rappahannock spends more for “sanitation and waste removal.” Rappahannock’s cost of $41 for the landfill is higher than Culpeper’s $17, Fauquier’s $21, Madison’s $5, Page’s $14, or Warren’s $16. Rappahannock’s cost for maintenance of buildings and grounds that year was $9 per person, about the same as Culpeper and Madison. Fauquier spent $19 per capita, Page $6 and Warren $4.

Health and Welfare cost Rappahannock $138 per capita for fiscal 1990. This was 13.4 percent of the operating budget and 125 percent of the state average of $110. State and federal governments pay for 69.8 percent of this cost.

Again Rappahannock’s cost for

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