Evening star., 1949-08-16
SewageDisposaI
ChangeStudied
|nFa||sChurch
City Council Also
Approves School
Budget Of $2l3,740

Earlier. in a joint meeting with
the City School Board, the council
a $213,74066 school
budget for the coming year. The
school tax rate was set at $2.65
per 500 of property valuation.
the same rate that residents paid
to Fairfax County last year before
establishment of the separate
Falls Church school division.
The sewage disposal resolution
was passed after report of the
councils Utilities Committee de-
clared it would not be "economi-
cally feasible" for the city to par
ticipate in a Fairfax proposal to
take over the Government-owned
trunk line sewer and build its own
disposal plant.
To Study Disposal Plant.
The Falls Church study will
construction of a munich
pal disposal plant and. as another
alternative. connection with the
Arlington system.
Voters in Fairfax County's San
itary District No. / are scheduled
to vote in a referendum August
80 on a S3.000,000 bond issue to
purchase the Homes Run trunk
line now owned by the Federal
Government. The bond issue also
would provide funds for construc-
ton of a disposal plant. purchase
of lateral lines and extension OF
the system.
Falls Church Sewage now emp
ties into the Holmes Run line
which serves Sanitary District
No. ] and includes the heavily
populated area of the county adj
jacent to Arlington. and Alexan-
dria. The city pays So year per
customer for use of the system.
Lines within the city are main
tanned by the municipality.
High Costs Cited.
James j. Corbalis. Fairfax
County sanitary engineer, has said
that If the bond issue passes and
a sewage treatment plant is built,
the city will be charged So
month per customer.
City Councilman J. H. McCar-
thy said last night that mainte-
nance costs in the city are 81
per month per customer. Service
and maintenance under the Fair
fax proposal. he declared. would
run to the ridiculous" total cost
|Gf $36 customer per yearxaFalls
Church customers now pay $19 a
year to the city for service and
maintenance.
In it's resolution. the council di-
rected its Utilities Committee.
headed by Mr.. Mccarthy, to nego-
tiate with competent engineers
regarding a study of other methods
of disposal.
Mayor Albert M. Orme said that
the city had not been consulted
by the county before the $3,000.-
900 bond issue proposal was made
public. City residents who are not
in the sanitary district will not
in the bond referen-
dunn.
City Attorney LaRue Van Meter
declared that the city had been
ready to discuss the matter with
the county but that the county
had again demonstrated its un-
willingness to cooperate" He said
he was referring to other disputes
with the county.
Would Need City Revenue.
Without Falls Church, Mr.. Nc
Carthy predicted, Fairfax County
will not derive sufficient revenue
to operate its system.
The school budget lists as
major items of expenditure $66, ,420
for instruction, $10,915.32 for ad-
ministration, $10,696.92 for opera
ton of school plants and $10,595
for maintenance. For fixed
charges, such as insurance, the
budget appropriates $3.50 and
$4,780 is allocated for other in
structional costs.
Capital outlay receives $19,-
736.45, which will be used for al
terations, according to Irving H.
Schmitt, superintendent. Debt
service, providing for repayment
of a $25, 900 loan negotiated to pay
operating expenses until tax re-
venues come in, totals $30,924.47.
The $2.65 levy will bring in
$159,640. The $25,000 loan also
is included in estimated receipts.
The balance of total estimated
receipts, $29, ,100.66, is anticipated
from State aid. but Mr.. Schmitt
that he has not yet
been informed by State school au-
thorities whether the city will re-
celve State aid before August
1850.
Contingent Fund in Budget.
In the budget is a contingent
fund of $57,152.50 which the SUI
perintendent said can be used II
no State aid is forthcoming this
year. Part of the contingent fund
also will be used, he predicted. for
operations next summer so that it
vii not be necessary to make an
other loan at that time.
Tuition payments from the city
to Fairfax County for attendance
at the Falls Church High School
and Oak Street School. both
owned by the county, will be ad-
justed in July. 1850. in the next
fiscal year. the superintendent de-
clared, and are not included in
the current budget. Mr.. Schmitt
said he expects the county will
owe the city about an equal
for instruction Of county
students at Madison School,
which the city controls.
The City Council agreed to ac-
,ept the streets in the Tyler CAR
lens subdivision. Mr.. Mccarthy
aid the owners had paid $500
10 the city for use in making