Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24
Fairfax Budget
OF $6,167,370
Set for Hearing
All School Items
Included in TotoI
Tax Rote of $3.23

IH(IuuSu Ut tOtQI
Tax Rate of $3.23
A Fairfax County budget of
$6,167.370 that would double most
tax bills is proposed for the fiscal
year beginning July /.
The Board of Supervisors yes
terday authorized that the sum be
advertised for a public hearing on
April 80, the deadline for adoption
of the budget. AS now proposed,
the budget includes the full $40
million sought by the school board,
plus $1,073,125 for general county
operations.
In addition, there are separate
accounts set up as follows: $685.
600 for the fire fund; $11, 900 for
the police retirement fund, and
$4,000 for interest on the court
house construction bond issue.
A total tax rate of 1923 per
500 of assessed valuation would
be required by the proposed
budget. This is only slightly
above the current rate of 1919.
Most county real estate valuations
have been doubled as result of
this years general reassessment,
however, and the supervisors said
the new proposed rate would COM
pare with a $6.40 rate on the old
assessment The old assessment
was 81 million and the new one
is 1913 million.
Can Cut Later.
Wallace Carper, chairman of
the board. made it clear that the
supervisors can reduce the budget
after the public hearing.
I'VE had many requests for
sums to be included in the bud
get" said Mr.. Carper. land We
wanted to give the public an OPP
portunity to be heard on them. u
He said he had reference to a.
number of contributions like $50
600 to buy back the county's aims
house for health center; $25 1000
for the Arlington Hospital addi-
ton: $4,000 for the District Home
for the Aged addition; $4,000 toI
Alexandria Hospital.
These sums and other contribu-
tions account for 1858, 1886 of the
total $395,943 increase over the
current year in the proposed coun-
ty operating budget.
Supervisor Robert Dye said that,
although he was voting to have
the full budget advertised. he al
ready knew of one item he would
oppose when it comes up for final
adoption.
Would Cut Health Item.
Il certainly won't support the
full amount sought by the health
department" said Mr.. Dye. He
pointed out that the health officer,
DR.. Fred C: Heath, has asked $43,-
342 from the county-a $25, 1000
increase over the current year.
Il think we ought to cut that
increase in half" he added.
The full $40 million school
budget was included by the super
visors after they made sure it /
could be cut later. The supervi-
Sors, on Thursday, had asked the
school board to reduce the sum,
but the school board declined.
commemorative Attorney High |
B. Marsh advised the supervisors
that he felt they were obligated
to advertise the full sum sought |
by the school board, regardless of !
any ideas they might have about |
cutting it later.
1t was necessary to make pro- 4
vision in the budget for the new |
county executive government that
takes effect next January /. Since
the shift replaces the present ex-
ecutive secretary with county
executive, and replaces the treas
urer and commissioner of revenue
with director of finance, the
supervisor set up sums to &C
commodate those Offices on a six
month basis.
Sums for Each Period.
The sums for the first six months
include $4,000 for the executive
secretary's Office, $16,228 for the
commissioner of revenue and $20,-
1874 for the treasurer. The Sec
ond six months is set up as
follows: $4,000 for the county
executives Office, $500 for a pur-
chasing agents Office and $38,458
for the director of finance.
The total 1928 levy would be
divided as follows to finance the
proposed budget: $2.56 for schools,
Sc cents for general county oper-
ations, 7 cents fire levy, l cent
police retirement levy, and 3
cent levy for interest on the court
house construction bonds.
Residents of the countys SAM
tary District No. /. in addition,
will have to pay a 15-cent levy for
retirement of the SO million sewer
improvement bond issue approved
in a referendum in the fall of
1949.
For the current year, the 1919
rate is composed of a $2.65 school
levy, 39-cent county operating
levy, 14-cent fire levy and 1-cent
police retirement levy.
The supervisors figure the Sc
cent county operating levy will
bring in 1921, 7O3-nearly triple
the amount set up to be raised by
taxes for general county opera
tons in the current year. In
addition to the sum raised by
local taxes, funds for the county