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By Bill Kossler
Rappahannock News StaJT Writer
At Monday’s meeting of the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors County Administrator John McCarthy relayed a request for an extension from the Board of Assessors to the BOS. McCarthy said reassessment notices should be out a week from today, and joked “they'll be hanging our effigies 24 hours later.” He went on to note that Fauquier County recently completed their reassessment and had 3000 appeals. Fauquier, he said, experienced an average increase of 121 percent since their last reassessment. McCarthy said he doesn’t anticipate quite as. severe a jump here. The BOS extended the deadline for the assessment by one month to the end of January. The BOA will soon advertise hearing dates for those who question their assessments.
Property owners should bear in mind that the tax rate will go down in proportion to the increase in assessed value, so tax bills should not rise in any dramatic fashion.
Elementary school band
room marches on
On November 22, the Rappahannock County School Board discussed a bid by the Lantz Construction Company of Winchester, Virginia to build a band room at the county elementary school. Construction costs statewide have soared over the last couple of years and continuing a trend bedeviling several school construction projects, the bid came in higher than originally anticipated. The band room, designed to also be a fitness room, would be adjacent to the school and replace an aging modular building.
The bid from Lantz Construction Co. of Winchester, Inc. came in at $148,205. This exceeds the amount the school system currently has in its coffers for the project by $28,000. The School Board anticipates being able to rearrange funds elsewhere in their budget for the project. But they cannot be certain no other unanticipated expenses will arise over the year. And Chappell opined that the BOS may expect unspent school funds to be available for a proposed track at the high school. Before committing to the bid, the School Board directed School Superintendent Dr. Robert Chappell to consult with the Board of Supervisors
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