Show h UDIT REPORT WEN CITY I IA A special Salt Lake City audit audi nort which fund criticizes the budget defense e ense fund In the 1942 budget Without an accompanying revenue control and a growing tendency c of f departments to ear mark special specia funds fonds was being studied Thursy Thursday Thurs Thurs- by city officials day da y gin o apparent conflict however th auditors auditors' claim that all special vial cial fot funds should be deposited inthe in inthe the fhe revenue fund and not earmarked ear marked for use by the department 1 them was an opinion of foty ity Attorney E. E Ray Christensen ting ts-ting g grit It is my opinion that Salt Lake Sv City oty may sell its obsolete property tit lit t only for Junk and use the pr pro pro- I Ct r reeds dS Is to purchase personal propertY prop- prop uty ertY r which will go into the same 7 ital account the junk is taken t after fter noting that up to Septem- Septem 2 I 30 no collection had been made madei it i d the estimated revenue set up feder Eder m der the title defense fund the t states anger ir Cited t It appears there is no source Torn frOm which to receive this revenue nd d this should be considered in controlling the budget for the reI re- re of the year as it may create creste cre- cre I ate tj a 8 deficit for the years year's opera- opera general eral revenue funds I The original budget provides MO OOOO as a defense defens fund An additional additional additional ad ad- appropriation of I has baS been provided however makIng mak mak- big Ing a total of of which has nas been sPent sPent- fA A i fund representing outgo and wd income for purchase and reisle re- re isle je of soap at Wasatch Springs plunge and received by the thep p park rk department early this year from froIn sale of junk are cited as ase e marked ear special funds for use within departments which should b le be deposited to the credit of the g general revenue funds gIt It seems an item of this amount could rould be taken care of by a budget Appropriation in which case revenue revenue revenue rev- rev from sale of ot soap would also go go to the revenue fund and eliminate eliminate eliminate elim elim- additional accounting work of segregating revenue from the plunge lunge and revenue from trust toads fluids states the report Represents Sales represents proceeds from Irom the sale of junk which the park prk department m maintained a i n t a i n e d should be used by it and was spent by the department for office fur- fur Proceeds of that sale rightfully rightfully right right- fully laDy belonged to the revenue fund and not in any particular department department department depart depart- ment continued the report I IThe K The city attorneys attorney's opinion haslag havIng having hav has ing lag general application to the above situation was written in January The park department property classed as junk was sold In February and the proceeds were spent in June for new property according to o city records |