Show FINANCE TALK i ij iI j I council Adopts Adopt Hr Ir Lr B bertson s Report IS HEARD HEiRD FROM t AXES mA OF op 4 r h Id the tile boards at the ad adu adI F I 11 n i mating of the council last st u h Ii hut the little littfe audience that iliad had hadi badin i in in tion of some verbal r went howe home disappointed I II ii tins ling was as mild mUd as a morn na naI with some other otherl I I III n M j compared I l of fir 1 the present council An Au Ani u 11 i is r submitted a report which t f L i to the finance committee committe dut j it il hate hale Ti I report submitted or by and at the lent but r F ID n r was wab killed b by a strict party i to n nol I the majority report prepared I i S sn U was Wd V adopted in the same annie r Howe was wan the only 17 ah b ahn abi i n in h council heInz betas more nearly nanny 1 s than at any session anon on I 1 1 Auditor re s Auditor Reiser Statement J h H Hi 1111 i IT nt and Members Meher of Df I i in It t I l i 1 submit this evening a at aIt ath t It ih th of the theor 1 or general fund In pIt ii resolution adopted by It l your yourI j 1101 11 I i n U Oct 23 IMd 1 attention to toi toi I i i SOl 1 I direct your i i i in iI i neer before in IC the history h 1 J i has II the city requested n i t I auditor a statement of the theY thet toni lunt neither nelt r t i t an Y particular t in dl V auditors auditor oMen office been in a 0 I i such euch Information bad had hadI nil I requested it IL itI ILI I ui Ij hii i inn u tf f t th en business buel into d i t u la f a t entirely unknown un no nor uni ministrations All the thein r 11 i r n U 1 in iI I transactions tran were w eI WOt eon con coni i h d a Kom tm tr one ne common fund lund into Auto Autor D 1 r of vf f vry ev nature ultimate ultimately i 1 ir r wi Wa way N and t which expenses exsa o v r v kind were tart met So Bo fixed ban h this thia I that thit the honorable gen S i I officiated us en mayor ot the city dt j i h lat last administration expressed ed jr I U lu IU u a i 1 newspaper Interview at the i i 1 u nr bond question quention was 1 agli 01 i id t I Curing to the effect that lie fie 11 1 i i lavur i HI or the Issue of bonds if n promised Ir to l be e derived deved there if 11 w n r d in the common COlDIRon fund h 1 reV been beeD the tile custom Lays Down Some Soma Rule II U J JI i A ti i last J f dressed addressed a a tl i r t your 1 r honorable body Inform i f the above condition of affairs a airs fl i t I lu 11 intention to comply with the thes ut it i s timing he be office of the city n Idil n i ri i the following particulars none DOne f HI Lih h Hid had been previously m rn i r IP e tors In the eaVe eMre i t in r la e upon each warrant or 01 ori 11 i t Mt IK i t of if Indebtedness Issued by byM b M 1 lit it lII a it certificate C stating that ta m 1111 1 L within the lawful debt limit limiti I i lilt UI in ity and kind is tamed issued according Vo Vos ti s tn Jil i To o refuse to issue a warrant r in 1 u r n which exceeds the theIN i itt IN n limit or r when the legal provisions L V r ru i u the th issuance 01 0 et warrants have I lint h tn implied with Tt is iTo T divide linde the revenue o of the theU nil U i i funds as follows i up nt e called lied general r tt and sidewalk fund flad water i t 1 wul n l and drain fund and atad special a 1 I F uth 1 I o keep kep an accurate account of ot S h w Hr r extension end and other matters matter mattera a it tt t ui o the special tax fund and iVd Inn J irnI li th i expenditures in in ind int d f i t tie ilio amount of the tax except 1 I t n tit re the city aea to pay a ai af i r r nf f t the cost out oat of the regular I re UC i h 1 ha have hae e the various departments f I t i the city auditor with each i i i ii i r I i IK 1 ii tt pd t roil presented to this of n tan mem showing the account or ors ori s I i i l ti I which the same is to be betor bet t r o 1 tor tr th purpose of enabling the tile then ti n r t warrants warrant Intelligently i int thu various irous funds I New System Started t I i er with my communication ur tr honorable bod body I Instituted the tM theo theN N m on 01 o July I J llitO and have bave ever everi il I i al t to the t same mine e This ti u r r w wa wis is not done do n until U nUla after I the i i of it Tilt the Ih city ity attorney on many ninny of ofal II 1 I I c M al lint H involved d had bad been beenk ob oburt h k urt urther h r aused fau M the business of the h i hl r r to tn be br transacted through i iiii lilor iii I office to comply with the I 11 I IT elding r for the establishment f d i m maintenance e of that institution Ow 0 C t th U fallacious idea that the fin fiscal l lf f tr t Hies ended on o June une 30 a O instead I Iii I ii as provided by the state eon con n nd d ami an laws enacted in accordance r with WI I h my mv predecessors did ld not close i K ot f t the auditors office oce on Oft re rei I i i ref rom on Dee Dec 31 II 1839 lB It t w WI i ref ore some Rome tune time t after en enn r n ti t h CI office that I discovered that J I I tr r business In a new fiscal ft dr r w accounts for the fact that v LM LI 1 ui II into fund funds was us 8 not DOt instituted T It I I iKo isn 0 made it H necessary n ry to go SO SOi goI I Mitri made Ji Jie in the e various ac an anI i 1 he 1 beginning of the year i i t ItCh 11 h a count in Its It proper fund tunc i a great grat amount of extra eltra Contingent Fud T x or general fund IJ 1 lor rr r all expenditures not DOt pro aro aror r 10 Iv sp ial funds fund To this ac I S r ore the expenditures for S rk improvements payable by tv v I i charged For thIS tins t I speared Ear t to me on Oct Ott t 2 Z I ill tl h of the contingent tt t ex cx exi S r gara i ral I fund ws Wf so 0 nearly ex ax ext S S 5 t render r oo it J to ap apI S MI TI ri her in n v for 1 i 1111 wi I ly seat a com I 5 II to 10 I o your yU ur honorable e body In m mL inI InC L C I 1 11 1 hereof and aNI asking asId that a be instructed ins d to look I 11 4 i I i Itz d upon by two cf of the S i J ft 1 r of S r this city ty for the purpose pu purposeS I S S floral capital for the ap S 10 S vii t tion n and a fond flood of abu abuso of the city council I II i I IV mil has bas followed A AS i ir r S 1 i of the accounts aun j jr jr St r f inn has load ked to the dis disi r i lImber of rf hEms r ther lher funds fand For instance n 1 v M 1 fr fir f I sewer material for forio 5 io I C of the hoard boaT of DubUc 1 h 1 pro belongs bel to the t I 5 5 5 I It 11 I has hal ha also a aI been discovered d t in of 1 about eo eoS belonging S is o being befog held by the ther theS t tr S 5 5 5 5 r as a S special s ial fund not au no auIt tUte It ute ordinance or re i S council 5 I i 5 rosy rny has hae me that 5 j 1 from the sale alt of water waterS S r mAv mo y be legally be Warded regarded i 10 c source of or rEv Due S S u against a i ill II V might Property be diw wn n h 1 relieve the i fond of or SM d in which it an n S 1 h a fw w weeks wk ago age ageS I S I to yon yew the following follow 1 e I Int t r of the t genenS b AI ALBERT ERT SL So S REISER REISEn City Auditor Auditors I P gures urea s of th Auditor of f city treasurer i g to ti t con conor conS S X te or 5 1 i S 5 I I S i sri November S n ml hr r IJ 5 j Salt all lake 7 for I S X fl x Ln Ill mill maJ 1 S ll t di s S Inc of f S fund proper a 70 I S 11 S ig daims for S r d prier to tn Sept a isa isaS S 5 5 1 Ira Iras n during dyla Od October Incurred pried I iI TO r II estimated ti t T I fl of Octo No NoS S Tt and December Dec Dece ION IMa as asSI I r SI n bonds bon ds a aI Mt and aJ I based on o of S rt Us submitted to city I I RaIt r i S of revenue t I Minority 70 A f Risers report hud I i 4 5 4 f Deputy D r I read Iad tu tati minority report rf nort When he had Kid finished moved its It substitution aul for fo the report I of nf the wj n it Th 11 tion is 6 de df defeated f all ail Jl the Den eras present pr sent vot ot Ol otin OlIn in log In for it and all ai the ins against it Next ame arne the majority ro re r report port pori When hen remarks were called for took the floor Does the motion to adot ado t this re rf report report port he ho h inquired include all of is us v very ry apparent erros F i ts s mistakes and anil It will b be a good doc 1 t for future reference and for that ut reason I shall bhail not seriously op oppose pose pule Its It O tion As the minority re report report report port plainly states this majority m re report report port recommends r m nothing whatever ver It taake me very peculiar statements to 10 say MI the least leto Incorrect aad said Misleading It i certainly y incorrect and mis There is no DO question about abott that Cut But if the majority is willing to togo tord toSo go So en n record rd in favor of such a docu net 1 I nave no opposition to offer Rt erf on as chairman r of the ft It nance nasce committee defended the report in ina a speech of about ten minute e du do duration ration He said raid the report did recommend recommend mend men that the city treasurer be e w re required to state by what authority he be hoo transposed money from front one de department 4 and created special funk funds with it The report further I that the treasurer he be lie directed d to take no more such wi authority from the The Te Rob Robertson ob ertson en attempted to attack the thi minor minority ity KF report re Point t of Order Sustained Fernstrom made the point poi of order ani that that report had bad already been b dis disposed 01 posed polled of and the chair sustained him back to the majority t be fion declared that there here O fd LOt ot be hO any attack on its ita correctness corre aIt It was w entirely fair both boUt to the t ting preceding preceding ing administration and to the present tr t In comparison with preceding administrations he be weir t ton on this administration has been beeR eon eco economical al or fairly so I Continuing C the speaker charged d Fernstrom with voting 0 or r appropriations J lions proposed by Republican ama mam 1 hers bera He also allO said sald politics tics was wan at the bottom of the present financial u troubles lee les and claimed that tt the j know anything about city fi 0 finances nances pance iian es S Majority Keport Adopted Adapted i is As s soon as a RObertson sat elt t tJ dow Fernstrom J n moved moed that tie the majority re im import report port be referred to the municipal aJ laws Jaw committee He did not oot Ute the ma HI majority was wan ready to vote on Oft the quasi ques question 41 ZIon tion and thought the matter chouM uW be I bemore bemore more fully full investigated Hewlett thought the Republicans ought to b be thankful that they were ware still sUII alive He lie for woe une would b hear tear heartily hearthy tHy tily glad when the election e ele over Oft for then thea the tin th brethren bre hren could d weH to w together gether in peace and unity Thomas opposed any reference ee to the Ute municipal laws saws committee and wanted the tbt question settled then and ud there tt motion wan waa voted vote down without division and then the majority report was waa adopted the roll call can show showing ow owIng ing lug a strict party vote otc |