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Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-11 | Page 9 | Respite Looms in Adoption of County Budget

Type issue
Date 1932-04-11
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
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Article Title Respite Looms in Adoption of County Budget
Type article
Date 1932-04-11
Paper Salt Lake Telegram
Language eng
City Salt Lake City
County Salt Lake
Page 9
OCR Text RESPITE LOOMS I IN ADOPTION OF I COUNTY BUDGET BUDGET Legal Trouble Protests of Department Heads Foreseen Foreseen Foreseen Fore Fore- seen for Measure Delay in final adoption of the county commissions commission's reduction of or in the county's 1932 budget loomed Monday in face of or probable legal complications and protests of department heads whose duties are fL fixed ed by statute and who become liable on their official bonds for fail failure failure ure to perform those dut duties es The formal hearing on the budget I reduction is set for Wednesday Every department has been given five days' days notice of the reductions to be made in their individual departments and andall andall andall all will be present at the meeting to be devoted to the hearing The current county budget was set at A finding fact-finding committee commit commit- tee headed by W. W R. R Wallace spent I several weeks examining the budget and interview interviewing Ins department heads It recommended reductions totaling which the commission ig ignored ignored ignored ig- ig nored in adopting a plan to reduce the budget Instead it followed the advice of Ray G G. Wood of Beesle Beesley Wood Co special auditors County Auditor C C. Roscoe Vigus has repeatedly declared in his position position position tion as county budget officer that the emergency confronting the county does docs not require a cut to bal bal- once the bud budget geL Mr Vigus has re reported reported reported re- re ported that a cut of about would be sufficient to effect the bal bal- ance Department heads are unanimous lin In their support of the county commission commission com corn mission on the econom economy program They do object however to increasing increasing ing budget cuts arbitrarily as recommended recommended recommended rec rec- by the finding fact committee committee com corn and in some cases ma making ins it impossible for department heads to perform duties of their office imposed imposed imposed im im- im- im posed by law
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