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quired but not funded by the state.
He said that as a result there are several bills pending in the legislature to give localities greater taxing power. Some would allow counties to impose a meals and lodging tax, similar to those imposed by towns and cities without a referendum. Another would allow counties to enact a cigarette tax.
Several bills to return lottery profits to the localities are pending, he said. One would return 25 percent of the funds to localities starting in the 1994-96 biennium and 50 percent starting in the 1996-98 biennium, but that would be based on the local composite index, he added.
The supervisors approved two resolutions opposing cuts in the current budget. One would support restricting cuts to the Extension service to 9 percent instead of the 29 percent now proposed. The other opposes closing the state agricultural lab in Warrenton and suggests such labs be partially supported by user fees.
The supervisors voted to move $10,000 from landfill improvements to operation of the county library in the current budget. The Library Board had requested an additional appropriation of $18,700. Mr. McCarthy said the Friends of the Library and economies being" introduced by the Library Board could pick up the rest of the request.
Assistant Superintendent Robert Chappell told the supervisors a grant proposal for the elementary school had qualified as one of 84 finalists in the Next Century Schools competition. Mr. Chappell noted that RJR Nabisco Foundation has received 1,100 applications in the competition. He said the school system wouldn’t know until April if it qualifies for an actual grant, but that if it does, the county might receive up to $750,000 over three years to offer computer instruction in math to fourth graders.
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