Show Year Half or Budget Adopted By City Council Wednesday At a meeting of the Moab City Council held Wednesday evening the council approved a 11 six month operating budget fol for th the first half of 1962 amoun amounting ting to This fIgur figure fig- fig ur ure represents the largest budget budget bud bud- g get t h In r history ry last years year's total month 12 budget running 90 Increases were noted In several sev st- eral ral d departments based on expected ex petted Increases in Tev revenue revenue- nue to the city through sources sources similar simi lar to tOo the past year Revenues for the curren current year 1961 greatly outdistanced the expected sum according to City Recorder Darrell Reardon eardon The revenue ue for fen the year estimated edwiU ed will than han 18 18 thousand over over what was planned planned plan plan- ned It In the budget At the same same time Mr Ur Reardon said laId expend are running somewhat tinder under un tin- d der budget plans The largest proposed budget fo shows projected t In b Increases creases Jn In general government I pu public lIc safety public works and recreation and water and sewer sewer sewer sew sew- er with a slight decrease beIng beIng being be be- ing shown In public health The city budget passed Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- night was only for the first six months of 1962 as opposed opposed opposed op op- posed to year full-year budgets In previous years Reason for this according to Mr Reardon was a enactment recently re by the Utah Legislature Legisla- Legisla ture of the Fiscal Procedures Act for cities which will place them on a a fiscal year beginning In July and ending In tn June To bridge the gap a year half-year budget budget budget bud bud- get was needed now until hW a year full-year budget can be adopted in June of 1962 The change has been long sought by city officials Mr Reardon sai said and operations beginning be beginning be- be 1 ginning with July will make accounting ac so counting much e easier as most tax revenues are arc received at at that time The city passed the budget following a 11 hearing attended by bya a small amal group of Moab y ers era In other business the council council coun coun- cil ell approved approved subdivision n plans r ils as as recommended by the Planning Plan Flag ning Commission the first being be be- baing being ing owned by Jonnie Johnson and the other by Sam Taylor Both of ot the small plats are 10 located lo- lo In far the Western portion of Mo Moab b situated on n Sixth West street Attending the hearing were Administrator Reardon Mayor K E. E McDougald councilmen Richard Parsons Eben Edd E E. Attorney Robert H 11 engineering consul consultant t Richard Cozzens and Mayor-elect Mayor Norman Boyd Other routine city matters were discussed at the meeting |