Evening star., 1944-02-27
Fairfax Budget
Hearing Slated
For March IS

Citizens to Discuss
$220,293 Estimate
At Courthouse
The Fairfax County Board of Su-
oervisors has scheduled public
hearing on the tentative 1944-5
county budget for 10 am. March IS
n the Fairfax Courthouse. Citi-
zens of the county may appear to
protest or request adoption of va
'ious budget items.
Estimated expenditures, exclusive
If school operating expenses, special
funds and road bond indebtedness.
are placed at $500 293.27, a net in
crease of $13,132.l6 over the current
fiscal year.
Despite the increase, the county
lax rate is expected to be reduced 10
cents on the 500 valuation. A re-
auction in the reassessment of real
estate fund from 3 to l cent will re-
suit in total reduction for the en-
tire county of II cents. The district
road bond Indebtedness in all of the
districts in which it ex-
lists will also be reduced.
Levies Are Listed.
The tax rate on the various levies
IS listed as follows: County levy 80
cents; reassessment, cent; fire levy
cents; pension fund, 2 cents; police
retirement fund, l cent; school op-
Grating fund, $155, and school debt
and capital outlay, IA cents.
Tax rates for road bond indebted
ness include: Dranesville district,
cents, reduction of 80 cents; Mount
Vernon district, 5 cents, reduction
Of 2 cents; Falls Church district
none, reduction of 25 cents.
Total expenditures estimated for
the county school system for the
next fiscal year are placed at $685.
207.48. County officials explain that
the anticipated decrease in the tax
rate despite expenditure increases
IS due to the surplus fund accumu-
lated In the county treasury. A
cent levy raises approximately
$500 in revenue. The budget is
based on an 83 per cent collection
Of the total levy.
Completing Farm Plans.
w. c. Walker, chairman of the
County Agriculture Adjustment Ad-
ninistration, announces that farm
plans are being filled out for the 1914
agricultural conservation program
and all county farmers planning tt
participate in the program are askec
to call at the local Office and com.
plete the forms.
The date for filing applications
Tor the October November December
milk subsidy payments has been ex-
tended to Tuesday. The subsidy
payment for whole milk is 40 cent.
per hundredweight and cents &
pound for butterfat. Application.
Tor January payments are also beins
5aken now.
Mr.. Walker said that the nexi
meeting of the Farm Rationine
Committee will be held March 7. anc
Ill applications for farm machiner,
should be filed with the local office
before that date.
Zoning Board Meets.
The Fairfax County Board oi
loning Appeals will hold its Febru-
ary meeting at II m. tomorrow ir
,he board rooms at Fairfax. Only one
application for variances or excep-
ions of the county zoning ordinance
S expected to be considered by the
BOARD.
Harris Levy has applied for per.
mission to retain at their present
locations garages on lots of SIS anc
Sc of Annandale subdivision, Fall.
Church district The buildings were
erected with less setback than re.
quired by the zoning ordinance.
T. J. Stockton, chairman of tht
Board of zoning Apeals, announce:
that Harry Mobre, technician witt
the county Planning Commission
and Appeal Board, is resignins
Tuesday to enter the Navy. Tht
Planning Commission is expected
to name his successor at its mex
meeting.
Clubs Will Meet.
Meetings of three Home Demon.
stration Clubs and two All Club.
have been scheduled in Fairfa,
County this week by Miss Lucy
Blake, county home demonstration
agent.
The Lorton Home Demonstration
Club will meet at 1:30 pm. Wednes.
day; Annandale Club, 1:30 pm
Thursday, and the Groveton Club
l:30 pm. Friday. Upholstery ane
conservation planning will be dis.
cussed.
The Annandale All Club will NEE,
at II am, Thursday and the Grove.
ton Club at IL am. Friday.
To Consider Applications.
The Fairfax County Board O.
will meet at 10 am
Wednesday in the boardrooms al
Fairfax. The board will pass on {
number of applications for permit.
to operate trailer courts in the
county, in compliance with the
county trailer court ordinance which
became effective January l.
Applications have been rather
slow and at its last meeting the
board warned that all trailer court
operators in the county must have
their applications filed on or before
March l or face a court summons
The minimum fine for failing tt
comply with the ordinance is $50.
Red Cross Group Plans
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