Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-02-12 | Page 2 | County Budget Held to Insure Reduced Taxes

COUNTY BUDGET I HELD TO INSURE REDUCED TAXES Department Estimates Show I I i Cut in Expenditures of i Below 1921 I I i Below 1920 r I I Preparations for budget sessions next week were completed by county r officials yesterday w with h the i sion slon of Departmental estimates of ot otI proposed expenditures during 1922 to County Auditor M. M L. L Scott The I I I total of the requests is a decrease of approximately I I i I from expenditures of ot 1921 and of I approximately from 1920 I I Upon the departmental requests I II presented to him County A Auditor I I Scott has estimated that a cut of approximately 25 per cent can be I made in the county tax levy this year Members l of the county commission are understood to be ready to proceed proceed proceed pro- pro with the budget sessions and all ani I have announced that they th y will Insist on substantial cuts in many of ot the I requests that have been made to the the auditors First consideration In formal formal formal for for- mal session will be given to the requests Monday when Auditor Scott will meet with the board to lay his figures before them to show how the 25 per cent cut in the levy can be made Last years year's levy was 48 mills with two-tenths two of ot a mill for state roads roads' and the proposed cut will bring the levy to either 36 mills or 37 mills It Is understood that the state road levy will be raised to three- three I tenths of a mill owing to the agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment which the county has made with the federal government for construction construction construction con con- of seven miles of ot highway i 1 between Magna and the Tooele county county county coun coun- ty line which is part of the Lincoln I highway In this project the cost to i the county will be approximately 54 34 which Is but 24 per cent of the total cost I In a communication to the county commission last week Auditor Scott ScottI I declared his belief that the 25 per perI percent percent I cent cut could be made In the tax taxI I levy The budget requests have made Imade me positive that the cut can be made as I suggested Mr S Scott ott said yesterday I The requests which will be submitted submitted submitted sub sub- to the commission Monday l and which tho the commission acc according r I to its announced intention plans to cut heavily are as follows Infirmary general hospital poor boor commissioner assessor attorney auditor boys' boys home clerk elections commissioners commissioners com corn missioners custodian 16 dependent mothers engIneer engineer engineer en en- Ineer g-Ineer buildings and grounds garage girls' girls home health and quarantine 20 1250 horticultural inspector purchasing agent recorder roads and bridges sheriff street lighting 17 statutory and general surveyor tre treasurer surer fire house equipment Of all the departments only the fire house equipment is new new according according according accord accord- ing to County Auditor Scott The sum of represents the purchase purchase purchase pur pur- I chase price of a fire engine purI purchased pur- pur I chased by the county to give fire protection to residents of the county I and the money necessary to equip it for the year It Is said