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Show Stewart- Proposes Establishment of Comptroller Job Mayor Adiel F. Stewart this week proposed that an office of comptroller be set up within the finance and public affairs department. de-partment. Most commissioners were cautious about commenting comment-ing on the proposal. However, City Auditor Louis E. Holley tabbed the mayor's proposal as "just a move to create cre-ate another job." The commission, nevertheless, instructed the city attorney to prepare an ordinance along lines suggested by the mayor, creating the office. Mr. Holley claimed that "every thing the mayor has set forth we already have." He said that present pres-ent state statutes generally direct di-rect the duties of the mayor's statement sets forth regarding a comptroller to the city auditor. He said that appointment of a comptroller would be in conflict con-flict with "the statutory requirements require-ments of this office." The mayor, in his statement to the commission, said, "I recom- mend that Salt Lake City, through its board of commissioners, commission-ers, equip itself with the tools of good management and create the office of city comptroller within the department of finance and public affairs." |