Show Helps In Budgeting Those who have have tried tried to set up and and allow a family budget know how of iu its difficulties There is almost a daily temp temptation to kick over the traces and give sP the bud budget et system a wide berth It demands persistence in intelligence in- in intelligence and no little courage to hold bold to a bud budget et system whether in private or public affairs Taxpayers arc are interested in in the of p public accounts Unfortunately many men come into public office with little or no acquaintance mith ith the art of science of budgeting The They are required to learn from the grass Crass roots I up They are asked to co bud budget beyond t an amount of money far be- be be yond what the they have ever handled before In some cases the the-s these amounts run tUn up into the millions of dollars There Should therefore bea be a very sympathetic tic attitude on the part of the taxpayers ayers toward the th public officials ial U upon lWy whom whoa this AL- AL ALf tremendous f- f re- re is thrown As far as Utah is Co concerned the f fact t is the taxpayers ers arc are sympathetic s and ex- ex co ra- ra t I constructive f I a At spIrit no time ime of TS is h helpfulness imen are budgets more O needed n than n n when prepare k bein being With h a acv ew of cf le lending aId to to coun coun- coun county city commissioners ty who u-e u mo noW and city iLS r councils To Sl the of preparing paring ed in the task P pr tiT I the following suggestions budgets ets d I offered offered to them arc S So in inI 1 Make a study of the ann manner In departments of gov go gounder the which 11 I jurisdiction are being con con- conducted under u your yur ducted the present year yeu 2 Find out how much ch money was utilized utilized- uW zed how the money was pent make nt- nt I make make a Pe Peto personal nonal athe l survey tos to discover what extent the mon money y was prof- prof profitably pro pro- prof to expended For instance c Inroad in inroad in I out a and d visit the road building bun go road make a study of It see whether I and nd ther it is properly constructed constructed whether it rs is doing doin required service I Decide whether the tho amount of money de- de deI desired desired de desired into it is bringing brine about the put I sired returns Treat Teat every other o r d- d in similar smilar manner 3 Sum up t the leaks defects and weak places in iii the plan pIan of expendi expendi- expenditures expenditure expenditures tures ture 4 Then make a survey of each 1 de- de department department de department to find out what furth further im- im improvements improvements im improvements should be had Segre Segre- S Segregate Segregate e- e gate these thew improvements into inyo in those that require re immediate attention and those these that can be deferred G 6 Classify y all aU this information and then study the economic cco conditions condi condi- conditions conditions obtaining in your t taxing unit the he condition of crops crr industries etc If you do o not have tha information appeal al to some local or state statis statis- statistical statistical statistical bureau The taxpayers rs association association tion dan can help you 6 G Discover the trend of the th capital wealth of the people in your com com- community community community Are the they less or more mors able ahIe to meet th the demands demand's of government 7 Confer with other public of- of officials of officials who also levy again a ains peo peo- people people in your unit t to discover cover what their plans are re Find out to what extent they expect to levy for their s purposes for the comin coming year See Sec to it that both groups come to an un- un understanding un understanding on the extent to which the burden barden should be placed upon the taxpayers t ers This Thi-s step is advised advise in order that one taxing group may not b ho and thus f- f force farce the theother theother theother other group of public officials to e- e e ex extreme trene le limitations sn and deprive them of adequate means required for de- de decent de decent cent a administration D of public affairs In a word v the city council should meet with mth word the s school hool board and md joint joint- jointly ly work out a program so that neith neith- neither neither eith- eith either er the city nor the schools will go off on a tangent nt Ol or suffer 8 Having analyzed the manner in which the money for the current year yea has been spent having discovered discovered ered possible p pose ble ways S 'S and means of e eliminating leaks losses n needless activities sup r etc etc having classified the sed ascertained the economic economic cono- cono jc jcl cone cone conen n a l of f the taxpayers taxpayer and their to fI I meet obligations the ruet ip a ten t tentative budget that will re rent t t th these p I conditions 9 With this tentative c bul t i pre pre- I 1 pared prepared nrc aze l call in the local group r cf r tax tax- tax taxpayers w payers Ask them to sit in wh h your OU and in il in common council iDay- iDay each item on the budget Get their th-ir reactions Based upon their r comm and any other constructive sug- sug su suggestions su pr prepare ale your final budget iC To lo do less than this is to make farce of the J a whole budget system 1 to fly in the face of of economic conditions o o ignore the welfare of your constituent taxpayers ers and to lessen the confidence public n servants which thc they have in their r On On the other hand to follow such sucha a a as hero suggested estel is i to toos mutual and oat est interest between bc the S confidence ence and inter inter- inter inter th men who the t pay and men who o spend t the e money non y |