Show WATER ATER OFFICER ORAS AllEGED Consumers Claim Assessor Entitled to Year Only 2280 Year a Le Legal al right of ot th the city water rates a assessor sessor to draw an ann annual l 1 salary of 2400 when hen the ordinance provides that he shall shan not receive 1 more than 2280 is being questioned by y some of the water users wh who vh are being forced by the assess assessOr r. r under threats of Shut off to pay Increased meter metel bills for the second sec see second ond quarter of 1925 under an or ordinance ordinance or- or not passed until the end of the quarter The water users who are being beins compelled to pa pay a a. double minimum quarterly charge of two houses on onorie one orie meter under an ordinance which 1 h they declare is being made retro retroactive retroactive active call attention to the bet that section 1958 chapter 44 44 revised ordinances or of- of ot Salt Lake Lak City provides provides pro pro- vides ldes that the water assessor shall not receive in excess of 2280 per pet J year rear i SALARY ATTACKED But it is further pointed out aut that the water assessor Is drawing 2400 a year without any amendment to the ordinance to authorize such in In 1 A crease In Inlew view lew of the fact that th salary of at water assessor Is legal ly Iy fixed by ordinance and the or ordinance ordinance or or- has never ne been amended to authorize the increased compensation It is contended that the In Ini fi crease is being Illegally paid Investigation of ot the records show that the assessor has been dra drawing drawing draw draw- ing the Increased pay since February February ary 1 1922 under a letter from th the city recorder to the auditor In in forming him that at a a. meeting of ot the commission o on February 1 IS 18 i j 1922 the commission passed a mo tion authorizing the salary alary of water assessor to be raised to 2400 per per perear year ear effective from February 1 fJ ft Pt that year NO CHANGE RECORDED There is no record of the ord ordinance nance fixing the salary of ot water L L assessor being amended In accordance accordance accordance ac- ac with ith this action of ot the board and as the salary Is hi fixed by ordinance ce It is contended th that t It requires require an ordina ordinance ce to legally change this salary a J The salary ordinance of ot the water ii department was amended In Jul July 1924 to raise the salary of chief cerk but did not make an any change 4 Vin V J. in the old amount authorized i assessor j |