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system. McCarthy budgeted $885,000 for it this year.
“The system is a vital element of providing communications for law enforcement and volunteer fire responders alike, and is essential for us to secure their and the public’s safety,” McCarthy wrote in a letter to the supervisors.
Revenues from the 1-cent increase during the next two years, along with grants, accumulated funds in the county’s General Fund and funds from the Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association will provide enough money to pay for the system Rappahannock needs for the coming decades, McCarthy explained.
Due to a $470,709 decrease this year in state and federal finding, the county’s public school officials are asking for an increase of
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69.3%