Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-15 | Page 2 | Nearly 40 Ogden Employes Laid Off

NEARLY 40 OGDEN LAID OFF I S Special to The Tel Telegram Cram OGDEN June 15 Nearly IS-Nearly Nearly 40 city I were laid off ort for three months free garbage collection service service ser vice was abolished and payless vacations vacations vacations vaca vaca- were imposed by the city commissioners commissioners commissioners com com- missioners today in a drastic effort to lo revise the budget to meet reduced revenues rev rev- The action taken this morning will mean mean a reduction of about between between between be be- tween now and January 1 1 The board is faced with a further problem of ol slashing about additional off ocr the estimated expenditures To do this the layoffs ma may have to be ex ex- tended Every department felt the heavy hand of retrenchment Four men were laid off in the fire ire department four policemen in the police department department department depart depart- ment and five in the cemetery cemetery tery department So it went through all departments the layoffs to be effective effective effective ef ef- July 1 Garbage collection w will 11 be eliminated September 1 when the contract with the hauling company expires and citizens will be required to pa pay for their own refuse removal The city hall was in an excited state stale as news of the drastic procedure became became became be be- came known Mayor Ora Bundy said there was nothing else to be done much as he regretted the necessity and he predicted pre pro that county and state governments governments governments govern govern- ments will have to make the same rigid economies to meet changed con con- I