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Show Budget Calls For $1,178,043.06; Estimated Amount Required to Run Salt Lake City in 1 909 It will take $1.17f?.O4n.0 to run Salt Lake City through 1900. This doos not Include In-clude the city's part of public Improvements not yet contracted for. Of this amount S755.O27.S0 will he needed to run the several city departments. 2Sl."R3.R0 for general expenses, nnd $111,11.96 to cover public work under contract January J, 100!). The committee on estimates and apportionments finished the budget, containing a statement- of the estimates of expenditures and rovenues for 1000, Wednesday and probably -will send It to tho city council, assembled In special session this evening, for approval. To meet tho estimated expenditures of $t,17S,0tn.0S is an estimated revenue of $1.2Q5,SS-I,4Q. the budget shows, coming from the following sources: Balanco from 100S 310S.SS-I.4a Licenses 1000 250.000.00 Departmental receipts 1009 120.000.00 Water taxes 1000 170.000.00 To bo raised by taxntlon ... G50.000.00 Total .Sl.205.8S4.-tO No public Improvements other than those under contract tho first of the year were provided for In the budget for the reason that an effort will be made to get the legislature to pass a law taxing the entire coat of nil public work to the benefited bene-fited property owner. Conncllmen Hall and Fernstrom aro now working with City Attorney Dininny upon a bill to this effect, which will bo presented to tho legislature legisla-ture as soon as finished. If the bill passes it Is posslblo that no appropriation will have to be made to cover the city's part of public work contracted tor after the first of the current year. If the bill does not become n law tho council will have to mako this appropriation iinmcdlotcly, as SI, 500.000 worth of public Improvements aro contemplated this year, of which the city will have to stand its part under tho presont law. approximately $200,000. The budget shows that the tax levy, 1" mills, probably will not have to be molested. mo-lested. The committee bused tho estimate of a rovonue of $t5i).O0O from taxation on an assessed valuation of 350,000,000 for Salt Iake Cltv in 1000. The assessed valuation of tho taxable property In the city will not bo known, however, until about July 1, at which time tho county assessor will furnish the figures. Tho tax rate for the- year will then be adjusted. The city finished tho yoar 1008 almost $200,000 better oft! than 1007. Almost one-half, one-half, or $86,326.67, of this saving was made In the departmental, expenses. The appropriation for departmental expenses for 1008 was 3750,772.45, tho expenditures wcro $C04.:;26.G7. Only seven departments execoded their respective appropriations and this by only a few hundred dollars. Tho rest kept well within the appropriation. Street bupervlsor Kalelgh leading with a saving of almost 530.000. The departments depart-ments or officers to exceed their appropriations wore the mayor, the land and water commissioner, the recorder, the sexton, the humane officer, and tho plumbing nnd food Inspectors. Following is a comparative, comprehensive statement, accompanying tho budget, showing tho appropriations and expenditures of tho several departments for 100S, und their needs for 1900. a3 estimated by the committee on estimates and apportionments: , Appropriation Expended Estimated Department. 100S. 1908. Needs 1900 J'iro department and street lighting ?133.179.7 $111,042.40 $121,000.00 Police and prison S4, 556.47 SI, 950.31 S7.000.00 Mrcets Streets and side-walks 106,732.00 79.M2.2:: SS.S30.00 Water Supply ?3,S23.0n 23.500. 10 23.500.00 Waterworks S9.530.00 S5.S52.02 96.000.00 . Health Department 55.10S.75 47.926.01 ' 62.4S0.00 Park department 24,775.00 17.S63.76 22,000.00 Recorder, city courts 24.20S.6R 23,935.78 32.465.00 Land and water commissioner 18.234.97 13.701.95 15,000.00 .Sexton 17.214.39 17,624.90 1S.000.00 Treasurer 12.840.00 12,049.01 12.550.00 Board of public works ' 10,345.71 6.223.62 S.000.00 Council .' 0,575.00 9.515.70 J0.000.00 Janitor. Joint btiildiuc 6,355.60 5.362.SS 5.500.00 Engineer, joint building 4.38S.07 3.3S5.0S 1.000.00 Mayor 5.S50.00 fi.420.2S 7.500.00 Plumbing Inspector 2,019.35 2.042.35 2,500.00 Food Inspector 2.107.65 1,727.95 2.300.00 Humane officer 1.090.00 1,163.25 1,200.00 Pound keeper 1.577.70 647.05 900.00 Oil inspector and sealer of weights and ,, measures 1.330.S5 1.263.96 1.275.00 Building inspector 1.142.25 1.091.3." 1.S52.50 Auditor ' 21.650.S0 20,637.09 16,905.00 Attorney 7.JS0.00 7.06S.55 7.330.00 Library - 15.000.00 1 1.002.00 15.000.00 Juvenile court 1.7S0.70 1.S00.0O Joint building commission .' 2 236.31 500 00 Engineer Contingent 35.631.00 Xo Statement. ' 40,S25'.00 Water supply 13,087.83 " . S.725.00 streets and slde'walks 3.S09.S0 " 6 350 00 Sewers and drains 0.S25.SS " "0 "00 00 Waterworks 3.321.7S " l,450!o6 Total S65.676.29 $59,252.17 $86,550.00 lotal departmental expenditures $750,772.45 . $664,I45.7S $755,027.50 Other requirements for 1900 under estimated general expense: Contingent ; "4 tcg so Water supply outside city j'ooi "5 Street fund '.'.'V.' "S'"00'of) Sewers and drains " '100 00 Waterworks fund -, n.004:9O Bond Interest 1009 : 192.600.00 Extension charges , 13 MS 77 Outstanding warrants, scrip hlooiiss Total other requirements" $'S1 3S3 6n City's portion of Improvements under contract Jan. 1, 1909 . 141,'g31.96 Grand total expenses, estimated, .1909..., $1,178,013.06 The budget -was partly made up from estimates of needs for 1909 furnished bv the respective heads of the several departments.' but the committee cut large, copious slices from some of these estimates. 0 1 The budget will probably be printed in pamphlet form, for convenience, as was done last year. |
