Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-02
ArIin9ton's Budget
Set at S312 Million
Despite Rise,
Boord Ayerts
Any New Tox

Any New Tux
The Arlington County Board
last night unoiicIally ap-
proved q total county budget
OF ts1.7 million for 10000
and agreed TO put up a sepa-
rate $4,000 fund for scholar
ship grants for private school,
ine.
The board increased previ-
GUS budget figures by about
$500 mostly for salary In
creases-but did 1t without
raising taxes.
The new budgets win not be
adopted oficially until next
Saturday. pvt board members
gave unoff TAD approval for the
following:
Increase Of 100000
/, A general county budget
Of about $18.4 million, an in
crease Of about 100000 over
@ tentative budget submitted
earlier by County Manager A.
T. Lundsberg.
2. A school budget Of $l2.s
million. unchanged from the
figure requested earlier this
week by the school board.
3. A $50. 900 fund for schol-
arship grants under the re-
Gently enacted Perrow Educa-
tional Program. with the hope
that the money can be found
If needed in unanticipated and
unobligated revenues.
The board agreed to a pay
increase ranging from 500 to
$500 for about $500 county
employees and 500 school en-
ployes on the county pay scale.
The increase win take $le2.500
from the county budget and
100000 from the school budget.
ssOO Is Top Raise
In earlier budget sessions
the board talked about a 5000
across-the-board pay raise but
decided instead to raise each
employee one step in the pay
scale. The raise will be limited
to $500.
Under the school budget APP
proved last night. the pay scale
for county teachers will be
raised $500.
The board also added $50. 900
for the county to participate in
a fringe" benefit for county
employees. probably to pay a
share of disqualification and
medical service insurance. The
county manager was asked to
draw up specific plan to pre-
sent to the board later. Chair
man David Krupsaw suggested
the county pay one-third of an
insurance plan. with the en-
ployes putting up two-thirds.
Among other items added to
the budget were a SIS. 900 con-
trihution to Arlington Hospi-
tails building fund and SIS. 900
additional for park land pur-
chase.
100000 in Park Program
The park land addition brings
to 100000 the amount avail
able for participation in the
Federal Capper-C ramton pro-
gram. The county expects to
get $4,000 in Federal aid next
year under the Capper-C Cram
ton Act for purchase of land
along -Four Mile Run and PIN
init Run. Half of the local
100000 will come from cur
rent tax revenues, and the other
half from a recent bond issue.
About $4,000 was added to
the welfare budget to Offset a
State cut in the aid to depend
ent children program.
The additional items were
made possible without a tax
increase by trimming several
items by small amounts, and
by increased revenue estimates,
Tax Revenues Up
County Finance Director
Edgar Smith estimated that the
county will receive about $278,-
900 more in taxes than was ex-
pected when the budget was
originally drawn up.
Rather than increase taxes,
the county board, with agree
ment of the school board, de-
cided to take a chance that
additional revenues will show
up to finance the private
scholarship grants. Board
members said that no one
knows for sure how much will
be needed for tuition grants
under the freedom Of choice
program adopted to meet the
school racial problem. The
100000 suggested by the
school board would pay for
800 individual grants for pri-
vate schooling. All students in
4 a