Evening star., 1942-02-28
Fairfax Board
Votes Budget
0f$1'99,240
. $31, 900 County Levy
Increase May Neon
Higher Tax Rote
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

Special Dispatch 70 The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. 2S.-A teEta-
tive budget for the coming fiscal
year showing an approximate in
crease of $31 900 in the county levy
fund has been approved by the
Fairfax County Board Of Super
visors.
The proposed budget, on which .
public hearing will be held in April,
calls for expenditures Of $1s9, ,240.T
under the county level for the next
fiscal period, compared with appro-
priations of s16S,5I2S3 under the
current budget, 1t has been an
nounced by Mrs. Edna Bicksler, act
ing county purchasing agent.
Adoption Of the budget as 1t is
now composed might mean differ
ences In district tax rates varying
from q reduction Of 2 cents to an
increase of cents, although rates
cannot be determined until the
termination Is placed In It's fnal
form.
For the county levy the possible
rate would be Al cents under the
tentative figures, while the present
budget requires 36 cents. Again this
year the budget contemplates no ad-
ditional levy for pensions, and the
fire rate Is set at six cents, the
amount now In effect.
Assessment Figure Up.
An additional levy Of one cent Is
promised to provide funds for the
general assessment Of real estate In
1914. The supervisors felt it would
be easier to raise the necessary re-
assessment fund gradually rather
than make q larger levy for one or
two years.
The four districts having special
bonded Indebtedness for roads win
get reduction In the rates neces-
sary to care for this liability. In
Providence District, where the re-
naming balance of the road debt Is
due to be paid OF at the end of this
year, II will not be necessary 10 levy
tax for road bonds this year,
though eight cents was the figure
in 1941.
Falls Church district will see a
drop from IS cents to SO cents for
its road levy, Dranesville district
will have drop from $l05 to $l.o2
and Mount Vernon reduction from
to cents.
The other two districts-Centre-
willie and Lee-have no bonded in
debtedness for roads.
Referendum Possible.
To raise the necessary school rev.
enue from local sources the Board
of Supervisors will levy a 81 rate for
operations and IS cents for debts,
the maximum permissible under
present law without holding refer
endum on a possible 25-cent increase
for administration.
Division Supt. w. T. Woodson
stated school officials were COM
PEELED to pare the school budget to
the lowest possible figure in order
to make 1t balance, and as 1t now
stands 1t anticipates additional State
aid in the form of funds for school
bus transportation. Should the bill
now before the General Assembly to
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transportation fail to pass the
school budget might have to be
revised.
Probably affording some relief to
school oficials is proposed bill that
would allow different rates in vari-
GUS districts. The Board OF Super
visors, on the recommendation of the
County School Board, at their last
meeting adopted a resolution ask
ing Delegate Robert j. McCandlish,
jr., to introduce such a measure.
Trial Judge Bill Means Loss.
Under the general county budget.
officials fear the county might lose
approximately $4,000 in revenue
next year If the General Assembly
passes a bill now before it placing
trial justices under the State Com
pensation Board. It was said the
loss might even exceed this figure
If trial justice revenues continue
to show the same increase.
With the exception of a new item
of $8,815 set up in the proposed
b006CS 1Ol SlNludu OClCIlSC, dIl S6,UNU
boost in the police budget, and $4,000
under poor relief for disqualification,
other items show only nominal
jumps resulting from the increase In
population.
The tentative police budget pro-
vides for two additional policemen,
and certain salary increases under
the scale in effect in the department.
Principal sources of revenue under
the proposed budget follow:
State supplements, including capi-
tation taxes returned, trial Justice
appropriations, share of alcoholic
beverage control profits and excess
fees, SIS 200; delinquent taxes, 5000;
land redemptions. $4,000: vending
machine and dance hall licenses,
s2,5o0; transfer fees, $1,500; from
trial justice court, $4,000; county
fines, 81 500, and miscellaneous, $27S.
The amount to be raised by the
current levy on the tentative esti-