Evening star., 1952-03-22
q MI1E EINITI
Pl6b6sedBudgei
For Fairfax Set
Most of $3.4 Million
Rise Over This Yeur
To Go for Schools

Rise Over This Yeor
To Go for Schools
Fairfax County's total proposed
budget for the 1952-53 fiscal year
IS $11. .328, ,793.
This represents an increase oil
over $3A million above the 1851 1-52
budget. and calls for q tax rate
,f $2.98.
The school budget Of $6.8 mil
Jon. which was announced
Wednesday, accounts for about
e2.3 million of the increase and
general county operations arel
1881. 900 above the current year.
The budget figures were made
public yesterday by County Exec
utive Carlton C. Massey. The tax
rate had been announced Wednes-
day simultaneously with the
school budget.
Partly Due to Technically.
About $4,000 Of the increase
in general county expenses re-
suits from q technicality in
budgeting for operations Of a
county executive government,
which took effect In Fairfax this
year. The full cost Of the clerks
office. department Of finance,
supervisor Of assessments, sheriff,
mmonwealth's attorney, welfare
department and other State-sup-
ported Offices are shown in the
budget. Previously. only that por-
ton Of those departments paid
for by county funds was included.
Mr.. Massey said the State con-
tinues to contribute to those de-
partments, as usual. but the State
contributions come into the gen
eral fund first and are disbursed
to the various departments. The
State contributions formerly went
directly to those departments.
Another big item contributing
to the 1881 900 increase in general
county operations Is $163.95O to
help pay for construction Of the
courthouse addition. The $780,
900 bond issue was insufficient
and the supervisors are making up
the difference from the general
fund during the next two years.
Other Major Increases.
Other big increases are: $55, 900
for work on q master plan. in
cluding q Homer Hoyt economic
survey; $32,174 for the building
inspectors department, which was
not in the old budget: $77, 7,634 for
q department Of public works,
which is about $4,000 above the
former budget.
Included in the $11.3 million
total budget is about 81 million
for construction and operation ex-
|penSeS in Sanitary District No. I.
More than SIS million Of this
is financed by bond issue money
and the remainder by sewer
service charges and q 20-cent
sanitary district levy. The levy
currently is IS cents. The 20
cent levy is an additional tax that
residents Of sanitary district pay
above the $2.98 rate.
About $40 million Of the total
proposed budget is to be raised
by the $2.98 levy and the 20-cent
sanitary District levy. Other
sources of revenue are $3.3 mil
lion in courthouse and sewer bond
issue funds, plus surplus money
carried over from last year; $1.s
million from State contributions
and $1.4 million in miscellaneou.
sources including fees and service
charges Of all kinds.
Unit Levy Instituted.
Mr.. Massey said this year..
budget is based on a unit levy
whereby all money raised from thu
l$2.98 levy goes into the genera
fund and Is appropriated to ths
other funds. In the past, Fairfax
has fixed separate levies for eacf
fund.
To show how the new proposed
tax rate compares with the for
mer rate. however, it is broker
down as follows: $1.87, school op'
Ierating fund; 81 cents, schoo
debt retirement and capitalize.
ton: 46 cents, general fund levy
10 cents, fire levy; cent, polio,
retirement levy, and 8 cents
courthouse debt retirement fund
The old $2.65 levy included
$1.87. school operating levy: 2,
cents, school debt retirement ane
capital outlay levy; 80 cents. gen
eral fund levy; 2 cents. fire levy
/ cent, police retirement levy, ane
3 cents, courthouse debt retire.
ment fund.
A public hearing on the pro.
posed budget and tax rate vii
he held at 10 am. April 28 in tht
courthouse. The deadline fol
adoption Of the budget is April 80