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By Gerald Ochs
Rappahannock News Writer
The Board of Supervisors had a work session on May 22 to discuss the draft budget for FY2002 that was presented by County Administrator John McCarthy.
As presented, the budget for the next fiscal year shows revenue increases of just over $600,000, including a 3.5 percent increase in property tax revenues that will require a property tax increase of three cents per hundred dollars of assessed valuation. An increase in expenditures is proposed too, with FY2002 estimates rising nearly a million dollars (seven percent) over the current fiscal year, to $14,861,590.
The largest areas of increases for the next fiscal year are in the “General Government Administration” category where the proposed budget jumps $130,000 (21 percent) to $746,097; the “Public Safety” budget, that rises 12.7 percent to $1,434,360; the “Public Works” category, in which an 18.7 percent ($214,794) increase is contemplated; and the “School Fund” where the Board of Supervisors already okayed an increase of some $340,000 (four percent) to $8,739,229.
The budget work session featured some lobbying by the magistrates, Sheriff Larry Sherertz, and by the Rappahannock Animal Welfare League (RAWL) all of whom sought consideration for additional County funding.
The draft budget for the magistrates did include, for the first time, a pay supplement of $10,000 that is designed to enhance their State remuneration, reported to range from $6,000 to $10,000 for those magistrates with Rappahannock County duty.
Sheriff Sherertz appeared to speak in support of two “benefit enhancements” and a capital project to repair the floor of the “old side” of the County Jail. The draft budget does include $50,000 for that capital improvement, and also includes nearly $33,000 to fund the Sheriffs proposed “Longevity Incentive Pay Plan” that will reward deputies for
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