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23 DAILY PRESS, NEWPORT NEWS, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1979 Poquoson Council Told To Broaden Tax Base tanks do not function, and those that do only work two months of the year," Dickerson said. He told council he has been unable to get a report from the city's community development commission, which was established two years ago. "We need to disband it or appoint a new mission," he said. Council approved in a 4-1 vote a permit for the Poquoson Realty Co.

to construct a building on its properly along Wythe Creek Road near the bridge connecting Poquoson to Councilman William Bunting voted against the permit. Charles McDaniel said the building will house an insurance operation. Donald Taylor discussed plans to construct a $150,000 medical office building on Wythe Creek Road. His son, Donald would start his dental practice in the building after graduation from the Medical College of Virginia, and Taylor will rent the other three offices to professionals. Council appointed Robert E.

Fisher and R. E. Reynolds to the Poquoson Mosquito Control Commission. At Dickerson's request, council approved spending $3,500 for repair of drainage damaged during the April flooding. Williamsburg and $5,108 for Poquoson.

He attributed the change to increases in numbers of Poquoson's school age Children. Poquoson school enrollment is increasing while nearby cities are reporting declines. About 860 of the city's 2,246 students are federally connected. The loss of impact aid funds for this group could create a long-term hardship for the community, the city manager said. He predicted Poquoson's 8.3 percent growth rate will decline to a more manageable 4.6 a year until the year 2000.

"The big influence will be when we extend the public sewer system," he said. "There will be a big upsurge, then some say the bubble will burst and growth will stop. Build during the growth period, then the city's debts should decline as the population levels. We should then have a stable Dickerson said extension of sewer service to older parts of the city will prevent decay. The city has applied for federal money to extend the sewers to the end of Messick Road and along Ridge Road.

Poquoson may get this financial assistance because a recent health department report showing this section is a "health hazard" area. "More than 80 percent of the septic MiVi ra'Hfl IaiVi -J Jf "1 a It" A 'A, 'J York Groundbreaking Local Share Could Rise By $637,000 Fire Marshal W.J. Robertson and County fire station on Hubbard chairman of the board of super-York Supervisor Dr. George Cole Lane in the Bruton area. At the visors and Supervisor Shirley F.

dug through a layer of snow to ceremony were Phil Richardson, Cooper. Richardson's comparjy break ground for a new York contractor; Howard Burcher, will build the station for $295,550. Forum Idea James City To Gas Their Unwanted IPogs; By RICH METCALF Staff Reporter WILLIAMSBURG The York County school system may cost local taxpayers about $637,000 percent more next fiscal year. The school budget proposed by Superintendent Donald S. Bruno will ask for an 18.1 percent increase, or $587,349, in local money for school operating and capital outlay costs.

In addition, the payments for school debts will increase by 3.1 percent, or $49,862, for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The increase in local money will be needed to finance a $13 million school operating and capital outlay budget and a $1.6 million debt The operating and capital outlay budget would increase $508,995 from last fiscal year's $12.5 million budget. Bruno said the increase will amount to 4 percent overall. He told the school board at a budget hearing in Bruton High School the increase in the county's share was partly the result of a $252,374 decrease in money from the federal government. The federal, government will give the county $2,681,702 for next fiscal year, an 8.2 percent decrease from this fiscal year.

In addition, the budget is based on only a 2.4 percent increase in state aid. The budget includes $6,115,424 in state money, a $145,169 increase from this fiscal year. Bruno said, however, the state will provide an extra $120,960 in aid next fiscal year not entered in the budget proposal. He asked the school board to decide where to spend the unexpected By ROBERT GRAVES Staff Reporter POQUOSON The community must broaden its tax base to meet future needs, City Manager George Dickerson told council Monday night. "The population will continue to grow, but what will we do when the balloon pops?" Dickerson asked.

He said council should recognize real estate and personal property taxes will not cover all services and the need for business and industrial growth with increases in population. Dickerson also said care must be taken to assure future funds are not overcommitted, to keep bonded debt on a declining scale and to extend public sewers in older areas of the city. The city manager said sales tax is important to a community's revenues. Poquoson, obtains only 0.36 percent of its revenues from sales taxes, compared with 12 percent share derived in Williamsburg and 3.6 percent in Hampton. Poquoson has been able to keep property tax at 0.69 percent of its assessed value.

Adjusted gross income for a family in Poquoson during 1976 was $14,360, compared to $11,844 in Williamsburg, Dickerson said. This changed when figuring per capita income; $7,972 for Trailer Warned By SUSAN BRUNO Staff Reporter NEW KENT Time is running out for the owners of Chickahominy Out-. post to bring their trailer park into state sanitation code compliance as the New Kent County Board of Supervisors threatened to close the park Monday night. The board discussed the possibility of giving the owners an ultimatum to improve the sanitation system now or face revocation of the temporary permit issued to them last year. County Administrator Royal Wood said little has been done in the last six months to correct problems with the trailer park's water system.

He also told the board he felt the owners have taken advantage of the county's lenien-- cy and urged the board to take stricter action. County Planning Director Elizabeth Moran said a letter had been sent to Chickahominy Outpost this week asking the owners to submit a monthly progress report. The supervisors voted unless the trailer park submits a schedule im-. mediately the operating permit would be revoked at next month's board meeting. The board authorized the appropriation of $1,800 for a radar unit for the sheriff's office, $150 for equipment for the Providence Forge Volunteer Fire Department and $360 for a toll-free hotline to the Henrico Mental Health Center.

Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a county seal bearing the inscription, "Pride in the Past Faith in the Future," depicting a white, a black and an Indian man. The seal was selected as winner of the county-wide contest held by the home demonstration club in the summer. Wood told the board that New Kent is eligible for additional Comprehensive Employment and Training Act funds. He suggested the money could go toward renting a one-ton dump truck and hiring two persons to help clean litter along roadsides and around county dumpsters. Wood warned the board the money could run out at any time.

He also suggested the possibility of hiring an additional mechanic's aide for the school system. The board voted to close temporarily the county landfill at noon Saturdays. Wood was told by the board to write the trash-hauling firm the county uses to clean areas around dumpsters by Monday or the county would bring someone to clean the sites for one time and then bill the firm for the work. In other business, the board discussed the possibility of getting a bookmobile in the county but took no action on the proposal. Highway Department engineer James Browder asked the county increase its resolution bond from $500 to $2,500 to cover the cost of road repair.

The board approved the request. Also, the board approved two per- mits for bingo permits for the Providence Forge Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Providence Forge No. 2 Ladies Auxiliary. By SUSIE DORSEY Staff Reporter WILLIAMSBURG It will be the gas chamber for unwanted dogs in James City County in the future. No more gunshots after a $1,650 gas chamber, approved by the board of supervisors Monday, is built.

The cinder block building will be filled will carbon monoxide from a car or truck to kill dogs picked up by the dog warden. The measure came before the supervisors after the county staff learned the state veterinarian has not approved shooting dogs to dispose of them. Only methods approved by the state veter-narian can be used for euthanizing dogs. In other business Monday the board opted for the Route 199 corridor nearest Williamsburg and recommended it to the state Highway Commission. Accepting the advice of the planning commission, the board went a step further and, at the request of Supervisor Abram Frink, asked the highway department try to find some alternative for the Route 60 crossing so that relocation residents will be minimized.

Frink said several residents of the area are concerned about being moved. The first segment of the highway caused several relocations where it crossed Route 60 east of the city, he said. The supervisors appropriated $20,000 to complete several items in the county's three-building government center at Kingsmill including additional air conditioning in the computer room, furnishings for lounge and conference rooms, flag poles, additional sidewalks and landscaping, gutters over some doorways, security in the treasurer's (Staff Ptoto by Thorn SliMr) i office and heaters for restrooms. County. Administrator James B.

Oliver Jr. said the actual estimate is $27,000 but county staff will be used as muchas possible to lower costs. The board approved phase one of development for Powhatan planned community (formerly Croffton) which includes 49 lots on 36.8 acres. i On condition of approval was the deeding of 18.4 acres of land to the county for public use as required by tlte zoning ordinance for planned communities. Roads in the community will bfe private, but the board required they meet the county's subdivision requirements which are more stringent than state highway standards.

Phase one is on News Road in the northwest section of the 500 acre development. The supervisors appropriated $5,27,7 for the county's share of site work for Jameson Hall at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton. The 1978-73 budget included $4,000, but Oliver saifi the actual amount was higher when the number of county students enrolled at Thomas Nelson was determined. When county auto decals go on sale next month, there will be specific instructions on where to place them on the windshield. An ordinance approved Monday requires the decals to be no more than one-half inch to the right of the state inspection sticker and no higher than three inches from the bottom of the' windshield.

County Attorney Frank Morton said many people have put the decals in the corner of the windshield and, in the future, state inspection stations will reject those vehicles. involved in locating these facilities," he said. ii Lieberman gave the keynote address to nearly 500 health physicists from government, industry, education and hospitals meeting in the Fort Ma-gruder Conference Center to study the technical aspects of low-level radioactive waste disposal. "The problem is one that technically we know how to handle," but agencies need to be better coordinated and the "nimby" (not in my backyard) syndrome must be eliminated. School Resignation Accepted, New Board Member Appointed For Schools money.

He suggested the money be used for one of four choices: reinstating some of 34 employee positions cut from the budget; extra money for utilities; extra money for classroom equipment and supplies; or reducing the local share. Nearly 60 percent of the proposed operating and capital outlay budget would go toward employee salaries. Teachers would get a 7 percent salary increase. That increase is not enough for the York Education Association, which represents most of the system's teachers. Association spokesman Kenneth Pinzel said the proposed salary increase represented another cut in teachers' salaries in light of inflation.

Saying "salary increases are more than offset by inflation," Pinzel said the pride of teachers suffers with the realization that grocery store clerks make more money per hour. Referring to the affect of this on morale, Pinzel said, "We feel as though we're the last thing in the budget and that hurts." Bruno's proposed budget is based on an enrollment of 9,000 students. The proposed budget marks the third straight fiscal year in which student enrollment has dropped. Local taxpayers will pay 29 percent of the proposed operating and capital outlay costs, up from this fiscal year's 26 percent of costs. The state will pay for 47 percent of those costs, up 1 percent from this fiscal The federal government will pay 21 percent, down 2 percent from this fiscal year.

no tax increase. The supervisors also approved a motion that proposed bylaws for the county recreation advsiory commission be put into final form for later approval. Commission Chairman O'June Bailey said the bylaws, modeled after state recommendations, are designed to increase- meeting attendance and participation by commission members. They would allow the supervisors to replace a member missing three consecutive meetings. "Obviously, the commission isn't working the way it should and something has got to be done," Supervisor C.

Hill Carter Jr. said. Bailey and Recreation Director Frank Davis were the only recreation officials to attend a meeting scheduled for Monday and the previous meeting. The commission can often not vote on agenda items because of lack of a quorum, Bailey said. The supervisors also heard a report from Animal Warden Franklin Bates, who said 585 diseased and stray dogs were destroyed in the county between August and November.

Healthy stray dogs are sold when -possible, with proceeds going to tbe county. Jones said sales of county dog tags have increased dramatically since Bates has been enforcing animal ordinances. Bates can be contacted by leaving a message at 829-2752. Aid Fight conservative." He said, "This type of federal aid has been coming (to the systems) longer than any other of recent vintage. We go through this every year.

The administration says it will be cut out and then pressure builds to keep it in." White said, "This money is important to us" in making ends meet on an already tight budget. He said there are 50,000 acres of land in Suffolk that belong to the federal government and are therefore not on the tax books. He said this land is valued at about $14.6 million. "This is lost revenue to the city," he said. Much of the land is owned by the Department of Interior at the Dismal Swamp RADIOACTIVE WASTE National Regulations Needed WILLIAMSBURG Com- state and local officials are effectively state and local officials are effectively Is Dropped WILLIAMSBURG Williamsburg-James City County school officials have dropped the idea of holding a community-wide forum on education issues because of little public interest.

"Currently, there really isn't anything in the mill," administrative assistant Joseph V. Grebb said Monday. The original forum to examine teacher evaluation, discipline, test scores and other issues was postponed three times for different reasons after being scheduled for November 1977. The one-day forum sought by citizens to increase their voice in schools was set for December 1977, but poor public response during the Christmas shopping season led school officials to re-schedule the conference for March 1978, when it was again postponed to avoid a conflict with the annual Jaycees' town meeting. County School Boards and school officials were busy considering results of a consulting firm's study of local schools and developing annual goals.

"I think the basic lessons of that were that we were probably offering too many things and a scaled-down forum might work," Grebb said. The number of seminars was reduced from 21 for the November date to 10 for the December meeting, but only 75 persons registered. The forum was to be sponsored by the public schools, PTA Council, William and Mary School of Education and Williamsburg-James City Education Association, the organization of teachers and other non-supervisory school employees. School officials believe "less dramatic" ways of informing the community, some already started, may be more effective, Grebb said. Among methods being used are a newsletter and building councils.

A division-wide council starts soon, he said. rants Tod Ul UlflC $110,000 WILLIAMSBURG Grants totaling more than $110,000 have been awarded recently to the College of William and Mary for various research projects and studies. The U. S. Forest Service has awarded $13,135 for a social and economic assessment and evaluation of Jefferson National Forest by Edwin H.

Rhyne, professor of sociology, and Martin A. Garrett professor of economics. An upeated social and economic assessment of the five-county area surrounding the Mount Rogers Recreation Area will be compiled. Such a study is required of every federal agency under the National Environmental Protection Act. The Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission's Virginia Research Center for Archaeology has provided $33,096 in contracts for professional services in archaeological conservation by William and Mary's Archaeological Conservation Center.

Work will include conservation of items from the shipwreck fleet project in the York River and the Governor's Land archaeological project. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded $41,923 for the continuation of research by Stefan Feyock, Robert Noonan and Michael Donegan, of the mathematics and computer science department, who are working on the development of a multi-target compiler writing system. Two grants have been awarded for research in chemistry. A $9,974 grant will be used for continuation of research in high performance polymers by David Kranbuehl, associate professor of chemistry. A $13,000 grant will be used to underwrite research in Allenyl-X compounds by Melvin Schiavelli, associate professor of chemistry.

The Office of Education at HEW has awarded $3,963 for the purchase of materials at Swem Library prehensive national plans and regulations are required to ensure the safe disposal of radioactive waste, a radiation expert said here Monday. "The experience of the past three decades or more has been primarily that shallow-land burial has really been quite good, but this doesn't mean we can rest on our laurels," Joseph A. Lieberman, a member of the Atomic Energy Commission for 20 years, said. "We need better ways to cope with institutional problems in presenting this issue to the public and to ensure By LEON J. RUBIS Staff Reporter CHARLES CITY The county supervisors accepted the resignation of county school board member Dr.

John O'Brien and appointed PTA President James H. Burrell to fill the unexpired term to June 30. Burrell is also a planning commission member and vice-president of the county Association for Retarded Citizens. He was the second school board appointment since the supervisors received authority to name school board members in a referendum a year ago. Supervisors' Chairman Richard Bowman abstained from voting on Monday because he is related to Burrell.

In a resignation letter to the board, O'Brien said he could no longer serve but cited no reason. The supervisors passed a resolution of appreciation. Burrell was nominated by Supervisor H. D. Brown, whose election district was represented by O'Brien.

In other business, the supervisors discussed a preliminary 1979-80 budget projection of about $3.2 million and deferred action for further revsion by County Administrator Lloyd Jones. Jones said approximate projected increases of 7 percent in departmental budgets will be reduced to 5.5 percent, at the direction of the supervisors, in a later proposal. The budget will call for Tidewater systems have pleaded with legislative representatives this money continue to come to localities. Earlier this month Superintendent Forrest L. Frazier and J.

Douglas White IV, assistant superintendent for administration and finance, went to Richmond to meet with other educators and make their views known to representatives. Over the weekend, Sen. John W. Warner, and Rep. Herbert E.

Harris, said they will lead a fight to block the White House move to eliminate this federal aid. Frazier, who is in the midst of preparing next year's school budget, said, "We feel safe in our estimates about the impact aid because we've been very CENTURY Upholstered Furniture Suffolk Joins Impact Almost lA Price Sale Ends This Thursday Hurry AMES INTERIORS Telephone 642-6166 Hwy 17; Gloucester Pt Va By JOSEPH TERRELL Staff Reporter SUFFOLK School officials here have joined forces with others in the area to push for hanging onto federal "impact aid funds." This is the money the federal government has been paying school systems for some years as compensation for educating children from military bases within the school district and to make up for loss of tax revenue from federal buildings and land in the area. President Carter, in his budget proposal, has asked this type of federal aid be eliminated. If approved by Congress, Suffolk would lose about $152,000 in aid. School officials here and in other FURNITURE Daily Sautrday 9-3 Half Mile North of Bridge, fi.