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when the bear legislation is forwarded.”
He added, “I want and ask that you be faithful and present partners. Don’t hesitate to call me on legislation coming up.”
Mr. Anderson said the bear bill might riot be necessary. He suggested the supervisors ask Game Warden Jim Bankston to attend a meeting.
Mr. Estes said, “I’m in favor of the bill going forward regardless of how our current game warden feels.”
Del. Katzen said he would follow the wishes of the board, and the last day for introducing legislation is Jan. 24.
Later Mr. McCarthy reviewed the governor’s budget as it affects Rappahannock County. Besides the fact that the county can expect a drop of more than $200,000 in state aid for education because of the change in the county’s Local Composite Index, a formula used by the state to compute a locality’s ability to support education, Mr. McCarthy noted that Rappahannock was in the list of counties that will be expected to contribute more for the local Health Department.
He said he was working with a group of counties concerned about a bill that would set aside the county’s ban on sewage sludge. He said the bill, being proposed by Bio-Gro, a sludge hauler, would declare that sludge is a fertilizer, and counties could only monitor its application and require notice before it is spread. Mr. McCarthy said several counties share Rappahannock’s opposition to this proposal, both because they are concerned about sludge itself and because they are concerned about the limitation on local government’s ability to control zoning.
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