| Show I Marcus Presents Presen ts Plans to Absorb City Budget Cuts Schedule for Distribution o of Fund Reductions Causes Lengthy Debate Schedule for absorbing a 23 per cent blanket reduction In The remainder of the city's 1932 budget recommended recommend recommend- ed by Mayor Louis Marcus in an effort effort ef ef- ef- ef fort tort to steer the city clear of an Increased In creased tax levy was pres presented to th the city commission Wednesday As the com commissioners studied th the proposed reductions city cast wary vary glances toward their nex next payday for observers agreed that tha major reductions will be absorbed through salary cuts and rotation o of personnel in v various rious departments The schedule of reductions and the Balance of departmental ria- ria ions Hons for 1932 as ns prepared by Mayor Marcus follow Reductions Balances Auditor 2492 S Library Public affairs and I finance Public safety Parks and public property Streets and engineering engineering engi engi- Water BUDGET BALANCE The budget total was listed at 1 1 with reductions totaling leaving a a. balance of at for all departments for the remainder o of the he year The budget balance July 1 I 1931 was The commission wrangled over the proposed slashes for more than two hours Wednesday and decided to ta in- ble le the recommendations until Friday Fri Fri- day at which time a special meeting will be held at 11 a. a m. m ions for absorbing cuts in all departments departments depart depart- ments will be bo presented ed at that time All AU commissioners were agreeable to o the cuts as a means of evading an increase Increase in the city's tax levy Jevy and al aU agreed that it will mean drastic curtailment curtailment cur cur- ailment of services in all depart ments Commissioner of Streets Joseph H H. lake announced he has already Continued on on Pace Fourteen MARCUS OFFERS BUDGET PLANS Continued From Page Pace Nine pruned out of the street d d budget and that the tion in appropriation established 1 Wednesday will place a majority of ot the departments department's personnel on a four four- day clay week basis Some may be dropped from the payroll alto SItO gether he indicated indicated- With the slash In the street department budget already it will be necessary to cut the neer's fleer's budget by approximately 5 33 to about bring Mayor Marcus Marcus' recommended rec reductions Other departments have not y t worked out methods of slicing their budgets to conform with the mayors recommendations but it appeared that personnel will bear the J burden J Jg City Auditor Samuel F F. F informed the commission that he had hadl learned city firemen will agree to tol work on a three fourths salary Public Safety Commissioner John M. M Knight was of the opinion that if it personnel per per- reduction is required ten men men will be forced from the police department and ten from the fire dc dc- p 1 While Commissioner Knight wa was studying how best to distribute the slash through his department City Attorney Fisher Harris was at wor work on an opinion defining the powers of the city commission with respect to civil service He promised promised- the opinion will be ready by Fridays Friday's 3 I i meeting REDUCE RECREATION Commissioner HarryL Finch In charge of the department of parks and public Property said the reductions probably will mean abandonment of oH recreation activities at many i pal parks and playgrounds and certain curtailment of these activities is in prospect The solution of the problem in the water department Commissioners Commissioner George D. D Keyser indicated rested in ina a shorter working period per Individual dual and m in a rotation of personnel The proposal for n a 28 per cent re ye in the remainder of the 1932 budget was made by Mayor Marcs after a report of County Auditor C C.- C. Roscoe Vigus showed the revenue i from m taxes would be approximately less this year because of redu in assessed valuations and It ap ap that departmental revenues would reflect a decrease of and |
