The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-07-15
DARE COUNTY'S TENTATIVE
BUDGET, 196O-61 JUMPS TO
HIGHEST PEAK, $34l, $3.50
Items Continue Liberal Appropriations for
Schools; New Police Station For Cape Hat
teras and Increased Police Servicei Coling-
ton to Get ST. 500 For Boat Canal

With an increase of $17,040.43
over the budget last year, the Dare
Commissioners on Tuesday of this
week gave approval tentatively to
one for 1960-61 in the total sum
of $341 ,953.50. 1t continued liberal
allowance for schools in the total
sum of $1O2,91519, slightly under
last year, but much greater than
the sum allowed two years ago,
which was only 100000 for the fis-
cal year.
| Total budget last year was 1884,
1921.
1t is proposed to raise the money
by property taxes of $157, 0S3.72,
and other sources of income total
ing $1S4,S69.78. It is not proposed
to increase the basic countrywide
tax rate of 80, but to rely heavily
on collection of delinquent taxes,
which last year saved the day as
the result of pressure brought to
enforce collection of large items
past due, some for as long as IL
years.
In the current year, it is pro-
posed to spend $4,000 for police
station and lookup near Cape Hat
teras, to employ second Deputy
Sheriff part time, bring allowances
for police work there to $4,700
year; to build a $500 storage
building at the Buxton school. An
appropriation of $4,000 a year for
the Cape Hatteras Health center,
$500 for the Hatteras Village L.
brary; $4,000 for garbage collection,
and some other allowances will be
continued.
Colington community is getting
81 500 basically for digging a
straighter ditch between the two
islands for the benefit of fishing
boats operating between Kitty.
Hawk Bay and Roanoke Sound.
Principal appropriation budgeted
run as follows: County Commits
sioners, $5,44S; County Account
ant $685.; Farm Agent, $1,6S7.2O;
Coroner $465; Treasurer $500; Fire
Warden, $4,39s.55; Sheriff, $26, $50;
Libraries $13, 39O.50; General Coun-
ty Assistance $4,000, Welfare De-
partment Sal, $3.50; Co. buildings
and Courts $27, 405.20; County Wide
Debt service $21,594.40; Schools
$105, 915.19; Revaluation fund 3d.
500.
Some of the increase in the bud
get was occasioned by larger pay
ments of principal on county wide
debt service, as the schedule of
bond payments require retirement
of an increased sum each year.
In detail, some of the depart
ments which were included in
ldA ger oultto etUOtS d1O olAVWA do
follows: Street markers, $4,000;
Retirement and social security,
$1,000; Annual audit $4,000; Mis-
cellaneous $500; Mosquito control,
$1,000; disqualification, $500;
Welfare Administration $1S,462;
County Jail operation, including
feeding prisoners, $500; Superior
Courts, $4,150; Recorders Court
| Sc, $50.
The Board of Edncation asked for
total sum of $751; ,98S.5S. This in
cluded $4,000 for school room at
Buxton, which along with other
items, were not granted, making
a total of $40, 066.34 not allowed.
The tendency of the Board of Edu-
cation has been to ask everything
that is desired by any and all MEM
bers of the Board and pass the
buck to the Commissioners. Some
of the things asked for are not
reasonable in view Of needs for
other things in the county.