Evening star., 1954-12-09
Fairfax Board Votes
Salary Increase for
S3OCouniy Employees

Wv OOUHs 6ssa SaVYSS
Salary increases Of between 4
and 5 per cent for some $50 en-
ployes of the Fairfax County
government have been condi-
tionally approved by the Board
of Supervisors.
The raise, contingent in large
measure on what action the
State Compensation Board takes
after a hearing tomorrow. may
become effective January !,
County Executive Carleton c..
Massey said.
At their meeting yesterday.
the supervisors approved in prin-
ciple salary scales proposed by
James o. Yarger who has about
completed a $4,000 employe re-
classification survey. The total
amount Of the increases would
add about $50, 900 to the annual
budget but only half of this sum
would be involved for half the
fiscal year beginning January /.
State Approval.
The State Compensation
Boards approval is necessary for
five county departments which
are partially paid for by Virginia.
These departments-the treasur-
er, commissioner Of revenue.
sheriff, court clerk and Common
wealth's Attorney-would ac-
count for about $31 900 OF the
proposed increase.
Mr.. Massey. Mr.. Yarger and
member of the Board of County
Supervisors plan to take their
request to the State Compensa-
ton Board in Richmond tomor-
row.
After a lively debate, the SUI
pervisors voted to create a new
job-director of public works
at a salary estimated by Mr..
Massey at about $4,000 year.
Mrs. Anne Wilkins touched of
q furry of verbal exchanges
when she proposed to transfer
the entire staff of the planning
commission to the Public Works
Department which has Mr.. Mas
sey as its temporary acting head.
She said the Planning Commis-
sion should devote its attention
entirely to planning and conf1ne
its activities to advising the su-
pervisors within this field.
Capitalization Sought.
She could not understand, she
said, why such governmental
functions as approval of storm
drainage and street construction
would be left under the Plan
ming Commission. Her objec-
tive, she declared, was to CEN
tralize all administrative func-
tions under the county execu-
tive, in keeping with the overall
aims of the Fairfax County form
of government.
Supervisor c. B. Runyora OBJ
jected, however. He offered a
substitute proposal that Mr..
Massey name an engineer TO be
public works director. The
engineering staff of the exist
ing planning commission then
would be transferred to the new
department.
Attorney Lytton Gibson, rep
resenting county builders. fa-
vored the Runyon plan over that
offered by Mrs. Wilkins.
Supervisor Maurice Fox said
he favored Mr.. Runyon's pro-
posal but objected to voting for
1t in the form of a substitute
motion. Therefor, he voted
against Mr.. Runyon's resolu-
tion which was adopted, never
theless, 4-to-3.
School Segregation.
The supervisors again found
themselves in cross-f1re of pub
lie opinion on segregation in the
schools. On October 81 they had
adopted a resolution urging that
the issue be handled by local
option 80 as to insure orderly
compliance with the Supreme
Courts decision"
Besieged by petitions from
some $500 persons opposed to
integration, they revoked their
action November 10. Ever since,
more petitions supporting their
original stand have been coming
in and new batch-two inches
high-was offered by Mr.. Massey
yesterday. He estimated the ex-
pressed sentiment is about evenly
divided now.
c. Mead Stull, sr., of Centre
vile, was appointed to the Coun-
ty Park Authority. Reappointed
were Charles c. Robinson, John
r. Lynch, John w. Brookfield
and Robert Wheat. The govern
ing body also voted to advertise
proposed amendments to its park
authority ordinance.
Approved was an agreement
with Lewis Heights, Inc, devel-
opers of a 34-acre tract on Fort
Belvoir, for payment of real es-
tate taxes. Under the arrange
ment. the developers will pay
about $50, 1852 so for the tax year
1898. The current tax year
would be exempted, but taxes
will be collected in future years.
There are about $50 housing
units in the development.
In other action the super