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Show County Commission Approves Budget Of $15.1 Million For Coming Year county's general operating expenses ex-penses of $684 000, or about 18 per cent and an increase of 34 per cent since 1960. I think this is unreasonable." He said he opposed the proposed pro-posed 1.1 mill levy increase considered necessary next year to help finance operating costs. An all-time record high budget bud-get was adopted Wednesday by the Salt Lake County Commission. Commis-sion. The action came after a public hearing at which a spokesman spokes-man for the Utah Taxpayers Association claimed the increase in the 1962 budget was "unreasonable." "unrea-sonable." Dr. Hyrum M. Harris, association asso-ciation executive secretary, told the commission the increase in mill levy was opposed by his organization. or-ganization. l But the commission adopted the $15,121,749 budget anyway. The county's operational bud- , get is $10,886,924 and the capital improvements budget is $4,234-825. $4,234-825. County Auditor David Jones in ... a written statement to the .commission, reported the 1962 operating budget is $997,498 more than the 1961 budget. He said the 1961 budget included $350,000 for a proposed County Detention Home of which $300,-750 $300,-750 was unused. He recommended that the Commission earmark sales tax revenues collected in the unincorporated unin-corporated areas of the county for the sanitation and garbage service, fire protection and street lighting. This recommendation was approved by the commission. commis-sion. Mr. Jones reported that Salt Lake County is growing at the rate of approximately 1,000 per month. "During the current year the unincorporated areas of the county have averaged 240 new homes a month, he noted. ' He noted increases in the budgets bud-gets of the Sheriff's Department and in election costs. The $124,-000.00 $124,-000.00 increase in the sheriff's budget is for increased police protection and traffic control in the county. The election budget has been increased $175,000. In his opposition Dr. Harris said that "Just since last year there has been an increase in the |