Show pity ity Passes Budget in Tuesday m Session Here A A. budget of was approved by the Moab city council Tuesday for the fiscal year 65 1964 which is under the 64 1963 budget which was amended last week from to The amount approved forthe for forthe forthe the coming year should not cause any increase in mill levy Mayor Norman Boyd told the half hail dozen people at attending attending at at- tending the budget hearing The mayor said It was the intention to hold the levy at 18 mills However 2 of the 6 mills levied for bond and sinking funds this year willbe will wUl willbe be transferred to the general fund for tor 65 1964 he said He explained that collections on water and sewage were now large enough that the 2 mills could be tie safely transferred Another item making the 2 mill change possible was that the Sommerville ranch prop erty purchased by the city was now paid otto oft This had pad been costing per year which had pad been paid out of the utility fund In determining the 65 1964 budget paring of ot expenditures had been done In every way possible in order to try to avoid the current years year's ears problems lems hems which found the expenditures far exceeding the orl orl- income mak mak- ginal anticipated income making mak ing lag the amending of the budget bud get necessary A decreased police department budget wi will likely call for tor one less manon man manon manon on the force torce and it is antici anticipated that one regular employee em wilt will be discontinued inthe Inthe in inthe the street department Only one car is expected to be pur pur- purchased purchased chased for tor the police department depart ment instead of the usual two The greatest decrease in expenditures will wUl effect the Continued on Page 7 City Budget Budget- Continued from Page 1 street department which will spend less in 65 1964 than In the current year In determining the income for the city every effort was made to keep this as realistic realistic realis realis- tic as possible it was explained explained ex ex- at the meeting The income figures were based largely on actual income for this year Two new accounts were added to this years year's budgeting budget ing which account for approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately of the expenditures This includes Include the special irrigation project of cove coveting covering ing ditches and for for- and equipment costs for lor the new city offices Without With out these two additional items the 65 1964 budget would have been a little less than the 64 1963 original budget On the revenue side of the budget the city anticipates property tax collections for forthe forthe the he 65 1964 year to amount to an Increase of over the current year This increase is accounted for in the 2 mill levy transfer Additional funds over last year are anticipated to be received from a possible sale of the old state road yard and the discontinued parking meters totaling around 8 8 Revenues from other othe sources are expected to be Ibe benear benear near the same figure as for this year The total budgeted revenues reve hues are plus an surplus of amounting to a rev total of Expenditures for the new budget broken down into departments de are as follows with the first figure being the budget and the par figure the 64 1963 total tota under the amended bud get Administration Court Police Inspection 3 3 50 O Dog Pound 1600 Engineer I Streets 8 Waste Irrigation Health Parks 5 Swimming Pool Con Total |