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RAWL’s program of keeping dogs for a longer time to try to find homes for them, but he did not feel the taxpayers should pay for it.
At the Monday meeting the board also decided to cut $4,767 from the library’s request. That would mean the county would be contributing the same amount as this year. Mr. Massie noted that in the past the Friends of the Rappahannock Library had paid for much of the cost of operating the library, but now the library only counts on them for capital improvements. He suggested the Library Board try to manage without an increase from the county.
The board cut $2,040 by agreeing not to fund requests from Rappahannock Legal Services and the Service for Abused Families. Those organizations are funded partly by state and federal monies and serve clients from Rappahannock and other counties in Planning District 9.
The board voted to pick up the entire cost of the state retirement system for constitutional officers, their staffs and other full-time county employees. This will mean a 5 percent increase in take-home pay for those employees who have been contributing five percent toward their retirement. They have not had salary increases since 1990. This will cost the county about $48,000 this year.
Mr. Massie opposed this increase saying it was a new cost to the county that would increase over time as salaries increase. He said he did favor paying the full cost of health insurance even though it is due to increase 17 percent this year. Mr. Massie said this was another in
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