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Show City, County Prepare Lowered 1945 Budgets County Hearing Set i For December 27 A tentative 1945 budget for Cache county caling for a total j expenditure of $233,912, a decrease de-crease of $20,060 from 1944, was approved , Wednesday by the Cache county commission, according accord-ing to Clerk N. J. Crookston. A public hearing on the budget bud-get will be held Wednesday, December De-cember 27 at 2 p. m. in the commissioner's office, Mr. Crookston Crook-ston announced. Main items in the new budget include an $8000 increase in road department expenditures, boosting boost-ing to $48,000 the allotment to that department and a slight increase in-crease in the contract to the Logan-Cache fire department, he said. A decrease of $6000 in the miscellaneous mis-cellaneous fund was possible due to the fact that no county election elec-tion will be held in 1945. All other departments will remain about the same, with slight increases in-creases noted in some cases. After a more thorough examination exam-ination of budget requests, commissioners com-missioners will decide, on the final figures before the hearing, Mr- Crookston reported. h t City Financial Status Best in History A tentative 1945 budget for Lo ; gan city which is "well within anticipated revenues," and marked mark-ed by requests $91,816 lower than '44, was submitted to the Logan city commission Tuesday by department depart-ment officials, auditor H. Reuben Reu-ben Pedersen reported today. Total requests were $366,965 compared with $458,781 actual budget in 1944, Mr. Pedersen pointed out. Anticipated revenue was set at $458,680 compared with $489,070 this year. Few changes are expected because in most cases the budget requests are limited to actual needs of the city, he said. Public hearing on the budget will be held December 26 at . 5:30 p- m. in the city commission office, Mayor William Evans Jr. announced. V "The city financial condition is thei best in history," Mr. Peder , sen said. "We could liquidate our entire city debt from current revenue next year if bond holders hold-ers would aUow advance payment. pay-ment. The city is operating strictly on a cash basis. He explained that the budget made some contingencies for improvements in the municipal electric light plant distribution system as needed materials can be obtained. Some new construction construc-tion also is planned if building materials are available. Bond payments this year will total $30,00, $20,000 electric light plant and $10,000 water bond payments. pay-ments. During 1944, $135,000 in bonds were retired at no increase in tax levy. Explaining the anticipated revenues, re-venues, Mr. Pedersen said totals remain about the same, with .ne, difference in cash carryover. In 1944, $121.000 . was carried over compared with,, only $85,000 in cash and bonds provided in the new budget A breakdown of budget requests was presented as follows: cemetery, ceme-tery, $13,110; statutory and general, gen-eral, $18,420; auditor and recorder, record-er, $1850; treasurer, $985; estray pound, $1985; police department, $26,925; attorney, $1300; city court, $6800; water department, $32,940; sewer department, $3060; fire department, $28,460; garage department, $2010; building in-specetor, in-specetor, $3730; engineering department, de-partment, $6025; electric light department, de-partment, $149,455; streets, parks and airport, $53,000; health department, de-partment, $5500 and abbatoir, $11,000. I Anticipated revenue was listed as follows: tax redemptions, $8000; war bonds redeemable, $45,000; cash on hand, $40,000; tax returns, $60,000; electric light plant, $210,000; miscellaneous li-censes, li-censes, $12,500; water department $52,000; city court, fees, fines and forfeitures, $5000; fire department ' sales, $250; cemetery, $4000; estray es-tray pound, $30; building permits $150; water department, merchandise merchan-dise and labor sales, $500; sewer permits, $200; abbatoir income, $10,500; motor registration funds, $9000, and miscellaneous, $1550. |