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Show City Commission Supports Study of Finance Problems written report to the Utah Legislative Leg-islative Council which in turn would present its findings to the Legislautre. A meeting of the Council's local government finance advisory advis-ory committee to examine complete com-plete financial statements from Salt Lake City, Provo and Og-den Og-den is scheduled for February 24. The information from these reports is expected to reveal the cities' needs and expected revenue reve-nue for the next five years. o ; Utah Legislative Council's subcommittee sub-committee on municipal finance this week obtained the full support sup-port of the Salt Lake City Commission. Com-mission. State Sentaor Sherman Lloyd had sought the commission's support sup-port for the sub-committee's ac-I ac-I tivities. He discussed the various j problems of municipal financing 1 with commissioners in an executive execu-tive session early this week. I After the meeting with commissioners com-missioners the senator said, "The problem of municipal financing will be high on the priority list of , the next Utah legislature. I assure you our committee is trying try-ing to find th facts and the solution solu-tion to the perplexing problem." The senator was told by Mayor Adiel F. Stewart that Salt Lake City intended to seek a sales tax through the legislature in 1959. The mayor also noted the city is considering floating a 15 million mil-lion dollar bond issue for capital improvements if voters approve such a proposition. The senator learned from City Treasurer Oliver G. Ellis that for Salt Lake City to raise a large amount of money it would be necessary for the city to have a sales tax or raise the property tax. Senator Lloyd said his committee com-mittee would eventually make a |