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Show City Commission Adopts Budget Of $12,718,944 for '61 Salt Lake City Commission this week adopted a general operating budget for 1961 of $12,718,944.00. The vote of the budget was 4 to 1 with Commissioner Commis-sioner J. K. Piercey voting in opposition. Commissioner Piercey said he did not feel that the budget was "realistic." He said that since January of this year there have not been funds available to fill vacancies in the police, fire and health departments. "I can't vote to take away public safety from the people," he said. He said the department, under the budget, would be short 111 persons. Mayor J. Bracken Lee said he did not agree about the 111 fig- ure. He suggested that the commission com-mission meet with Mr. Piercey and heads of the various departments depart-ments in the Public Safety Department De-partment to review the budget and determine how much it can be raised. |