Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-13

. 4AS FAAh9sSu SNey ~S~AN
today Is studying school and
. general county budget requests
. totaling s3l million which would
require q l0-cent increase In
! the tax rate.
School Supt. Ray Z. Reid
said Q $4,000 increase In the
! tentative budget calls for 2la
cents Of the tax boost.
The other ia cents will be
needed because only IS per
cent Of the expected Federal
funds for the county have been
allocated by Congress, he said.
Mr.. Reid explained the re-
naming Is per cent Of the
anticipated Federal funds,
amounting to more than $780,
. 900. already Is included In the
! budget.
: He said, however. that II
|. Congress should make the adj
, ditional appropriations by May
! Is. then ia. cents Of the pro-
. posed l0-cent tax rate increase
would not be needed.
Arlington's present tax rate
/: is $4.3s per 500 valation on
personal property and 1854 on
real estate. OF this, schools
. now get S2.45 Of the personal
property tax and s2.07 Of the
real estate levy.
s$1s.l Million Budget Presented
Z A general county budget Of
!, $ls.l million was presented to
tthe county board last night by
County Manager A. T. Lund-
berg. 1t requires no tax in
! creaSeS.
I At the same time. the school
board adopted q $l2.9 million
budget request and passed 1t
on to the governing body. The
/ request represented an increase
! of $1l5.O0o more than the ten
; tative budget released in jan
uary.
Mr.. Lundberg said his pro-
posed budget lis designed To
carry on general activities at
present levels with provision for
! normal growth" He said it
, contains no innovations.
Raise for Teachers
! The main feature Of the
school budget Is . $500 In
crease in teachers salaries,
bringing the pay scale for those
with bachelors degrees to al
minimum Of $4,000 and q max
imum Of $500.
Added to the school budget
request are q contingency fund
! Of $4,000 for tuition grants
!. under new State laws, $4,000
: for proposed changes in pro-
fessional personnel salaries, q
/. $4,000 addition In the driver
. training program and 5000
/, for a new helping teacher in
! reading.
The school budget shows an
4 increase of about 81 million
over the current years figures.
The general county budget
shows an increase Of about
: 3l.9 million. Much Of this,
Z however, is for capital i'm
I provements or services f.
financed by bond funds or fees
: rather than tax revenues.
General county operations A.
(. rlanced by current taxes show
+. an increase Of 100000. Mr..
. Lundberg said.
Assessment . Factor
I, Increased property values on
/. which taxes are collected Is
=. the principal reason why he
!. recommended no increase In
/, the tax rate for the county
budget. Mr. .Lundberg said.
{ Total assessed value on
which the property tax is
levied Is expected to amount
to $406.4 million next year. an
! increase Of $15.o million.
/ The current tax rate Is $l.39
per 500 valuation on per.
/! sonal property and 1884 on
real estate. Schools now get
F. $2.45 of the personal property
. Ak and S2.o7 Of the real
]. estate levy.
(. I'm preparing this budget.
. the expenditures have been held
to an amount which can be
. financed from anticipated reye-
. nue. at existing rates" Mr..
f. Lundberg said. The county Is
now in the process Of develop
. ing q major capital improve
ment program for the next sew
5 eral years and 1t would seem
, advisable to withhold further
increases at this time. With the
adoption Of Q master plan. 1
long range capital improve
ment program and Q plan for
financing the needed addition