0yooi -is Yiirm on. budget ;-l;;;y "if the money was going to be approved, ap-proved, it should have been done before the budget is ready fa? final adoption. Now is not the time to do it" -. -,v. V There was considerable debate' over, future use of a special improvement im-provement guarantee fund of $208,000, which cannot be used until un-til it is "closed out" and added to the city budget Mayor Stahle said he would like to see it "sit and grow interest until there is a real need for the money," but Councilman Dean Hill argued that the "interest from the fund should be used now and the fund be dissolved and put to good use." Councilman Bob Gramoll told the council that he was "ashamed of the appearance of our city shops on 200 West" and asked that consideration con-sideration be given for money to be spent to "brighten ; up those eyesores." . . '-i - . He said that the tots where the water and sewer departments are located are "unsightly and public money should be allocated to fix up and clean up the lots so that we are no longer ashamed of the city properties." prop-erties." - -,;-;";..'.': Included in the most recent bu'dget revisions were the reclassification of 49 full-time city employees and modification of the employees' medical insurance. The slightly revised budget lists the sale of city-owned electricity as the top source of revenue, $9,774,622. Intra-city revenue and reserve transfers accounts for $8387,774. Other high-revenue sources are sales tax, $2,345,000; property tax, $1,300,000; franchise taxes, $1,154,000; and sale of culinary water, $1,180,000. Interest income will account for $842,000; refuse collection will bring in $760,000; and sewer service fees will net $563,000. I Mllll I I IlllJiJ 1 ' " By GARY R. BLODGETT ' BOUNTIFUL The Bountiful l City Council stood firm on approval 3 of the 1989-90 fiscal-year budget-T budget-T not even "fudging" enough to add ,'. $3,000 to the city7s arts and culture I departments. There was more than the usual amount of council discussion discus-sion before unanimous approval ; was given for the balanced budget , of $21,874,716, a -slight increase over this year's budget City Manager Tom Hardy told . the council that there will be no in- crease in next year's budget-either through taxation or increased utility , rates.. sv'5.''!-;-- '' J--- In fact, there could be a slight ..decrease if the state approves last ' year's rate of taxation, instead of a , slight increase as earlier approved. . Also,; sales tax income could be. slightly higher man projected with the cities recapturing a larger por-, por-, tion of the state sales tax pie. '. "All in all, we are looking for a , good fiscal year in 1989-90," said Mr. Hardy, 4 'especially with the approval of state funds for use in , construction of the Orchard Drive ' project" - r , . Utah Department of Transporta-. Transporta-. tion will provide Bountiful with a ,' federal grant of $437,000 for the -'. $2.1 million project The grant was provided through the Wasatch Front Regional Council, but was not approved ap-proved until a few weeks ago. Mayor Dean S. Stahle urged the council to dip into the city's general contingency fund-so as not to disturb the final outline of the t budget-and give $2,000 to the j Bountiful Community Theatre and s $1,000 to the Bountiful Community j Choir. 1 . s J But after a sometimes heated j debate, the council voted 2-3 j against the request Opposing the j vote were Councilwoman Barbara j Holt and Councilmen Keith Barton I and Bob Gramoll. ? j Councilman Barton said, "I'm I not personally against the arts, but." and Mayor Stahle concluded, : "But $3,000 is such a small amount i to give from contingency. I just ! can't agree with you." f Councilman Barton added that