The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter., 1961-06-23
COUNTY BOARD PLANNING TO
SPEND HALF MILLION TO RUN
DARE COUNTY in COMING YEAR
Cost Of Operation Leaps $I7o 900 Under County
Manager Plan; $4,000 Increase For Schools:
$3.50 Increase For Sheriff's Department.; Tax
Collector to Cost $4,475 Extra; Tax Supervisor
Fired But $I3.255 Set Up For This Work.

The anticipated Dare County
Budget for the 1961-62 Fiscal Year
has been set by the Board of Com
missioners at $512, 1896, a sharp
gain of $17O, 1856 above last
years budget. All indications are
that Dare County taxpayers are
due to get sharp increase in taxes
in the face of increased taxes, both
state and National, that will fall
upon them soon.
Investors in Dare County prop
erty are destined to learn that tho,
must pay heavy for the radio,
experimenting that is being done
oy a group of amateurs IN a.
tleld OF county government The
county is operating under a d;c
Iator plan, with numerous Officials
having given up completely 90
allowing things to run hor-wiId
WIN little consideration heinz
given the taxpayers. Witness i,n,n'
ing the cost of government to tba
people OF Dare County $4,000
In single year.
AN examination into the budget
released by the County Board no
Veais some interesting compari-
sons. Although the tax supervisor
has been fired, there is no sav;ne,
70 tne taxpayers, for the sum of
$dS,255.5o has been set up for this
onlee. An additional $4,475 has been
set up to hire a tax collector which
cnore had been formerly a mart of
ene Sherlff's duties. In addition. the
Sheriff's office is to cost $31 a4O
Jump of $4,380 above last wear
he gets a raise in salary: $2.5Oo
TO buy cars and $4,000 more to on
crate them, and nearly S18. 900 for
salaries of deputies to assist him
with his work. Listed for other
expenses are the following items.
County Commissioners S5,95OO0.
county Accountant John II. Long.
newcomer in the field of County
Government, who is also PURCHASING
agent, $6,140, including salary of
an assistant; libraries have jumped
to S15,206, gain of $2,2O4: Fire
warden $4,736.00; Board of Elec-
tons, no increase $3,O25.OO; Cor
oner's Office $465; Veterans Serv-
ice Officer $2,394.O0; Farm Agent
Sl,S14.72; Home Demonstration
Agent $1,S6708; Register of Deeds
$lO,537.0O; General County Gov
ernment $19,622.O0; and this
amount includes $1,000 each for
special legal expense, and Civil
War Centennial; $500 for a plan
ming board which is to advise the
Commissioners what to do, none of
whom are elected by the people;
$4,000 for street markers in real
estate developments.
The budget provides further for
Clerk Superior Courts office, ST.
206.00; Recorders Courts, 1850:
operating Superior Courts S4,15o:
County Jails, SHOPS, including So
$4,000 for a Jail at Hatteras;
health fund $23 1925. 90; Welfare ad-
ministration $22,S67.O0; Old Age
Assistance $63,360;; Aid to De-
pendent Children $33, 3,264.00; Aid to
Permanently and Totally Disabled
$52, 10000; Aid to the Blind, $5,-
7O7.56; County Buildings, Court
house and Grounds $6,295.00; pay
ments on county bonds 22,074.OO.
In addition, there are special lev
les for school bonds on all Dare
County save Hatteras Island.