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$261,245.22 for teacher pay raises; and $125,000 to pay for the remainder of the new roof on the high school.
Other smaller items in the budget included $45,000 for new computer software; $20,000 for asbestos removal at the high school; $15,000 for replacement of a water tank at the high school; and $10,000 for playground renovation at the elementary school.
Gangel noted that the school board was trying to meet the needs of the school system, while keeping costs down.
He also pointed out that funding from the state increased by $144,945, and federal funding increased by $38,027.
The board has requested a funding increase of $195,715 from the county.
School Board Chairman Dr. John Tole then spoke to the supervisors on the issue of car-pooling bus drivers to work.
Tole estimates that car pooling the bus drivers saves the county approximately $17,000 per year in reduced man hours and wear on the buses.
Some drivers travel as many as 20 miles or more to the bus garage. Then, the drivers drive from the garage to the start of the bus route, which is another 20 miles or more in some cases.
By car-pooling with cars retired from the Sheriff’s Office, driving time as well as mileage is cut substantially.
Vote postponed
The board took up the issue of the proposed Miller subdivision on Routes 522 and 635 north of Flint Hill during the evening session.
The Planning Commission failed to act on the proposal, voting 3-3 on approval during their last meeting.
Supervisor Ronald Frazier (Jackson District) noted that for the Planning Commission, there was a density issue, rather than a subdividing issue.
Three of the proposed lots are not 25 acres as required by county ordinances.
John Delmare, acting as an agent for Joseph and Roxanne Miller, explained the proposal ta the supervisors. He commented that some of the lots have natural boundaries, including a line of trees and an old rock wall.
Delmare said that they intended to keep the lots useful while coming as close to the 25 acre requirement as possible.
The supervisors did not have a problem with some of the lots being less than 25 acres.
However, there was an issue with the number of access roads, as well as right of way. The proposed subdivision has three access roads, two of which are existing roads.
Supervisors Mike Massie (Hampton District) and Roger Welch (Wakefield District) both questioned why that many access road were needed. - Massie also said that the Millers should give the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) a 10foot right-of- way for widening Rente VDOT had remiest
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