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Show Improvement Monies Transferred To Library General Fund By MARK D. MICKELSEN FARMINGTON A resolution re-solution reducing the county library operating budget by nearly $36,000 was approved by the Davis County Commission Commis-sion late last week. TO OFFSET the deficit, caused by Layton city's withdrawal with-drawal from the county library system, the commission also approved a new ordinance authorizing au-thorizing the transfer of money out of the library construction fund and into the fiscal 1982 library operating budget. Com. Glen Saunders said a levy of 2.126 mills, slightly more than the 1.9 mill figure anticipated last December, will be needed to generate revenues re-venues for the revised library operating" budget. INCLUDED IN the budget reductions totalling $35,981 are cutbacks in library lib-rary supplies and some salaries and employee benefits. In the hope that Layton officials offi-cials would agree to remain in the county system, library officials offi-cials submitted a budget of $851,000 last December. The budget had to be reopened last Thursday, however, when Layton confirmed that they would not be participating in the program. THE REVISED budget totals tot-als $815,020. And, according to county financial experts, the budget should clear the library from futhre financial problems until 1983. There was no opposition to the revised budget from library officials Thursday, including Library Director Jeanne Layton who submitted cop-pies cop-pies of the new fiscal budget to county commissioners. COUNTY CLERK Rodney Walker questioned the establishment estab-lishment of an ordiance to transfer funds from the library construction fund to the library lib-rary operating fund, saying the commission was establishing a county law. He said funds are usually closed out or approved for transfer by way of resolution, rather than by ordinance. MR. WALKER backed away from the issue, however, when county officials told him the ordinance was recommended recom-mended by the county attorney. attor-ney. He pointed out that the ordinance can be appealed if there are problems. By state law, the county may not allocate more than 3.75 mills for the operation or construction of library facilities. facili-ties. THE NEW ordinance depletes de-pletes the library construction fund of any surplus monies during fiscal 1982. Approval of the ordinance by commissioners commission-ers Thursday virtually halts any possibility for a Layton library complex this year. Both the ordinance and resolution re-solution were approved by the commission in lhat was the county's first 1982 budget opening. Com. Harry B. Ger-(ach Ger-(ach was absent. |
