Evening star., 1952-01-03
.16% Pay Raise
Proposal Sifted
ByFaiirfax Board
All County Employees
Except Teachers
Would Benefit

Salary increases that would in
crease the county payroll by about
16 per cent are being considered
by the new Fairfax Board Of
County Supervisors.
The proposed new salary scale
for all county employees. exclusive
of school personnel. was taken
under advisement at the first
regular meeting of the new board
yesterday.
r. M. Loughborough, acting
county executive under the new
form of government, which took
effect as the new supervisors took
office Tuesday, said the increases
would raise the total annual
county payroll from $487. 900 to
$567. 900.
Fiscal Year Ends in June.
In Fairfax, salaries of county
employees are set the first part Of
each calendar year. The fiscal
lyCd4 u44o 4lOiu OO1y IIuOuSll ouI1C.
Mr.. Loughborough said the
county would have enough money
to pay the proposed increases, al
though they were not included
when the current budget was
adopted. He warned, however,
that the supervisors could not
make many other unbudgeted ap-
preparations if they allowed the
raises.
The proposed payroll includes
an $4,000 salary for the new
county executive, Carlton c. Mas
sey, who takes Office March /.
In other actions, the board took
steps to prepare a new master
coming map for the county, in
creased coming fees and raised the
compensation of members on the
Planning and Zoning Boards.
The Planning Commission was
instructed, on motion of Mrs.
Anne Wilkins, supervisor from
Falls Church District. to deter
mine how much it would cost
to prepare a new master coming
plan. The last county zoning map
was prepared in 1941.
New Zoning Fees.
The new zoning fees. adopted
on recommendation of the Plan
ming Commission, are as follows:
Rezoning applications. increased
from $40 to $50: applications for
semidetached dwellings set at $50,
Instead Of no charge as in the
Ipast: applications for variances
to the coming ordinance. increased
from $3.50 to $12. and applica-
tions for special exceptions, in
creased from $3.50 to $40.
On motion of Supervisor
: Maurice Fox, seconded by Super
visor Stuart DeBell, compensation
of members on the Board of Zon-
ling Appeals was increased to $50
"a month. It formerly was $40 per
meeting. Rezoning applicants who
want a special meeting called
will be charged $125.
Compensation Of planning COM
lmission members was fixed at $40
a meeting on the motion of Mr..
|, Fox, seconded by Supervisor c. B.
Jett. They formerly received only
IA mileage fee.
i Massey Selection Hailed.
Edward Gibbons, former presi-
dent of the Fairfax Taxpayers
Advisory Association, compli-
mented the supervisors on their
: selection of Mr.. Massey as the
new county executive. He said
the Taxpayers Association feels
Mr.. Massey is well qualified for
the job. ..-
! Mr.. Gibbons declared that Mr..
Massey has had wide experience
in road building and suggested
that the supervisors consider
withdrawing Fairfax County from
the State-operated Byrd road
plan. He said Fairfax County was
1 short changed" by the State in
ALLEGATION of funds for road prof.
Iects.
Mr.. Gibbons said the taxpayers
association is mot too favorable"
toward a proposed county auto
mobile license tax. That is among
legislative proposals the super
visors are going to discuss at q
meeting tonight With State Sena-
tor John A. K. Donovan and Dele
Igate Edwin Lynch.