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Show Paro wan tightens belt to meet budget needs Among the items on the agend of the Parowan City Council meeting held June 18 was the request to allocate funds in the 1980-81 budget for fairground improvement. im-provement. The committee has already raised some money but more is needed for water lines, sprinklers and other projects, the council was told. Councilmen Frank Adams and Scott Haycock were assigned to work on this project. It was decided that there should be a public hearing on the present ordinance of locating single wide trailers in residential areas after the problem has been studied by the Planning and Zoning Committee. The problem of drainage and street improvement on 3rd North between Main and 1st East was discussed and Mayor James C. Robinson requested that Councilman Haycock and Woodrow Decker come up with a recommendation and present it to the Council. One of the main items of business was the Rresen- tation of the prelim inary budget for the next Fiscal year 1980-81 with the following goals in mind: 1. Bring salaries of city emploees into line with what other cities are paying. 2. Raise salaries so as to keep pace with the inflation rate and still maintain services. 3. Per Council mandate, carve out enough money in the budget to hire a City Manager or additional help for the City Treasurer and Recorder. . The salary scale presented would result in a nine percent per-cent step raise plus a 12 percent cost of living increase in-crease for all full time employees. To provide this money and meet expenses caused by inflation the Mayor recommended a mill levy increase from 16.75 mills to 18.75. He added that it is unlikely that Revenue Sharing fron the Federal Government will continue, so tax increases and utility rate increases are a necpssitv. He further stated that this will mean a lean budget for all operating departments of the City. Copies of the General Fund Revenue and Ex penditures budget were handed out to all present and each item was discussed. |