Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-11 | Page 17 | Budget Meet Gives Hint of Board Lineup

BUDGET MEET GI GIVES E HINT Of BOARD liNEUP Elect Commissioners-Elect Attend Marcus Confined to Home by Cold Further Indications that Mayor- Mayor elect Louis Marcus will take charge of the department of public affairs and finance elect Commissioner-elect John M. M Knight the public safety de department department department de- de and elect Commissioner lec George Keyser the water department when the city cUy commission reorganizes reorganizes izes the first of next year was given Friday when municipal budget 6 sessions ses ses- sons were started With the exception of Mr Marcus the tho newly elected officials attended the budget sessions Mr Marcus Marcus was reported confined to his home by a severe cold Mr Knight gave his attention en entirely entirely entirely en- en to revision of the public safety department budget set tentatively at which about higher than the same departments department's budget this year ear When the session ad adjourned adjourned ad- ad at noon 1300 had been cut from fire department budget requests re re re- re quests Police PoUce requests were taken up during the afternoon PROCEDURE ABANDONED D The customary procedure of ot taking taking tak tak- ing up department budget requests In alphabetical order was abandoned when the department of finance was reached The absence of Mr Marcus Marcus Mar Mar- cus cm who it is reported will be as assIgned assigned assigned as- as signed to that department was given as the reason reMon for changing the order of procedure The finance department department department depart depart- ment requests amount to which are about higher than the budget allowed it this year Auditors Auditor's budget requests totaling 1000 less than this years year's were temporarily allowed by the budget commission The library budget totaling about less than this year was WM also allowed for forthe the present t. t Both may be trimmed later it was explained STUDIES REQUESTS Mr Keyser has been water department budget requests and had a brief conference with Mayor John F. F Bowman present head of the department before the budget session started The meeting resulted in hi boosting of ot Auditor Samuel F. F NIcholls' NIcholls estimate estimate esti eat mate of anticipated revenue The Tho total revenue estimated by the audi tor tar at was Increased on the theory that that much additional additional additional addi addi- revenue will accrue from front fe fees fee collected through collected through the engineering dep de de- p The total Iota l tentative budget of ot 3 3 must must be reduced about Mr Nicholls told the commis sion v 5 I