| Show RIS MESSAGE T TO THE COUNCIL U IL Exhaustive Document Submitted To Lo City Cit Solons Salons at al Last Nights Session WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION I Economy in Iii Order That the lie thes lW s Bonded Indebtedness May MayHe Iu I IBe I Be He RedUCed annual message mc sago of Mayor MaIor Rich IlIch r P was us read to the city cl t nc lat last evening and nl was vu M received enrollment commit committee ant and the and n filed tI authorized to have SO copte tee was W of It Wi printed The Tho message at the thO condition of or tho tim various de do department lengh of tho municipal government aol and point out ut ft n 1 number of t Incidents pints on tho o part of at faulty of or f administration which linn has hal re ic tM the h past t tu u d In deficits In several funds of or the he city ct The rho f o message which follows in full all nl contains n P 1 number of ot very Important lul recommendations Mayors MayOr Office Salt Lake Juke City Utah Feb 10 iDOl To the tho Honorable the tho President I and n 0 Members Iem rs of the thu City Council Counci Gent menI respectfully this my flY IY first communication to Ou together with wih tho the reports you vou of 01 the tos departments of ot tho the city for te the year ear 1903 offering herewith such Ruch suggestion and ni recommendations as nH the occasion seems to warrant t BONDED DO DED SS The bonded Indebtedness of ot the th city i h Te being 1343 5 per ier pe cent Inter I tit et eu bonds s of 1000 00 each ench mid and d 4 per cent coOt bearing bonds of each pr an IU follows follo 10 is uc or of July Jul 1 years reas reasI No 4 i per er cent series J I ue sue of ot JIny Na II 1 I 1691 years year I m er cent rles No 6 f b ue of or B sept pt 1 1598 twenty years No 6 I per nor cent series serc rr Issue of ot Oct 1 1900 years A per er cent series seres No A water waler 0 of ot Jan 1 1901 1501 twenty years 4 I pr cent s sarie No 7 issue I suo of ot July Jul 1 I 1901 1101 twenty years ears 4 per er cent series seres No 8 The Te annual Interest on above nIe amounts to 10 5 HO HOTho Tho The ten Issue Isue of or July 1 1 the tho ton issue of ot otIal May Sll 1 I ml should be funded at nt tin as n early Ial a I date as ns possible by the Issue of ot like amounts at nt n it 1 less Interest I have no as 1 doubt that new Issues cancelling the tho thel matured turM Issues could be IJO placed upon Uon l the market nt at par I ar with n a 44 H or possibly a 4 1 per cent Interest Could this ho bo hodore done dore rr the th city would save MIC at least leat 67 0 r TU r ear an Item Iem certainly worth con fl In addition to this tho the city hould by b nil all 01 means mea n receive a a premium ea c these bonds SINKING FUND FUD Sub 6 see Ace OG revised statutes of Ula provides The city council shall have hare power la to t borrow money mone on tho the credit of ot tho the corporation cor tot for corporate purposes N In Inthe Inthe inthe the manner and to the extent allowed by the Ih constitution and nd the laws hura and to toI I e warrants and bonds bond there tor In ruth urh amounts and 1111 forms forma and on such conditions as OR the tho council counci shall deter determine determine mine miM The council shall provide for far the tho ot of the Interest t on such Huch bonds u s the same Mme shall become due clue anti ami for tOI fora tOIa a sinking fund Cund for th the payment t of at the thereof within 20 JO years after the same saute As the above section ha has hn never been iUt Ut Into 1010 effect by b former city councils I respectfully Invite your attention to the law lal that you OU may moy take such steps as I a your OUr honorable body Ld may mn elect In iii II tho the thoI I premises TH The annual report of ot tho the city cl treas tres uror i f iash rash ash on 01 eu hand Jan 1 1903 J from nil sources dur tog Ing the tho year 1 11 Total resources during the Year car otal disbursements during the t car f ash h In bank Jan 1 1901 1501 0 J iti tS s unredeemed warrants as Its by auditors state ni m ent nt ISs i Actual available cash Jan 1 Ill i t KI S 71 OA Actual AC lm t un I h Jan in 1 III I I p 1 Decrease during durin year 1903 J ECONOMY draw I It I 1111 Probably bly II c far for me IC ID to tl Itic ft attention ml or of f the tho council to the lice ther or of Itt In public cX hn tiny any on past councils for lor r ofen often 01 useless ot of the tho 10 money of ot the pen Ileo Pie It Il Is i oley J apparent that our expenses ls IU mail t bo ket hep within our au Income We Wo ha I i limit I al lt V lOl long for fr s nt at lt our debt lout purposes r POSCH beyond o e RO go As w vIti ho scott our ur total i bonded Indebtedness Ilde tellnes wil eel IB I O Mill Ulon which wo 10 tire co coI com cocci to nl nn t of ot I hJ II entire with sith entro tho I I lE e or of In ln rater walar bonds I Is for tor alone tho the an act anfor I II n i nusi 1 rU for which tUI amounts nm to Ill I 11 4 anti IR l livable out of at the tho el eit oral nl which 1 derives Its s from t l l n tees foos and I tn Tho total collected for PC Iho ha durin tl the years pars wn 16 IG I iW 20 Icel and Ild no o total ainu of ot fees tecH collected by Icy h n th amounted to toa a Tl lice ho city taxes for I 7 collected by hy tho the city treas treos ly I accI covered COVOte Into the Ito city cs s 12 i the year amounted to I R ft n yet yot title duo to the c rity It y of 0 f some AO e Te The statement of 01 tho auditor shown I Ilic aing actual available cn cash h at nt the tho begin this ot f tlc the tlc wf cr to l lo hut but OU Is IR n nt not l available for gen BCD trai ril 1 gel lr m M ln In II fact nil all some I s 00 oi tm O represents In I P tul t fuci raised from rol rout as os jilch under unter the statutes can cun only be le used for special 1 SIJ cIC and acid cannot bt ho b drawn upon ullon for tor general nf of tho the expenses city cl Tho fico fact Is IK that for tor or tho lie few tel yeara the general expenses of the city have exceeded the tl annual revenue r In 1903 the tho revenue for general J purposes to while the cx ex to 7 leav lea lug II a n IOnel for tor the year of ot Considering the fact that Included ll In Inthe inthe the tho revenue stated Was Wn the tho Item Itell of i from tho the rule pale of the tm I IdOR dOR rent real estate the conclusion Is ob oh obvious viOs It I hns hll been hen tho Ito policy of ot past nil ad to cover these deficits by hy the sale pale of the real rent estate but hut as act 11 practically nil all ni of ot this tH clR real estate has hM now hen brett disposed of el we Wo are confronted with wih tho the fact that thU tho the city elt has hRH cry er little more real roni prop prall property erty to Pell no so that henceforth the thi on only al Oh ly lD I recourse left lef 1 I for Us ls to limit our expenditures to the actual available lo revenue S I The report of ot the tho superintendent of ot waterworks shows the tue amount of It rev icv re Club from front tho the department for lor forthe forthe the current curron year to ho bo and the expenditures to 10 ho bo an ni excess of ut revenue over oer expenses of or It I Is IH believed by t many man tint that this sum of presents a n net n t profit to th city cl resulting from franc the operating of or tho lIce waterworks systolic system and acid 1111 the tho Impression has hns prevailed to some somo extent that excess of or receipts receipt over oler expenditures Irel of or orthis this department Is used by hy the city dl for lice tho maintenance of ot other departments This rids Impression lol has hns 9 arisen Crom coin a cc 1 confusion in tho thi th minds of ot the tho public of ot tho the terms waterworks system B tem toni The rice expenditures of ot the water waterworks I works department proper which In is II situ sim simply Ir ply Illy the distributing broccoli branch of at tho ays torn told are Iro scarcely scared moro more than the amount of at the tue actual co o t of ot the lice system to the city el the remainder distributed by hy the board of at public works and other departments In II the tho form torm aria of ot lons and er Nal l Improvements of ot the lie system stem and also tilso Ilso for the protection of tho the water wlter cupply and acid charged to the tho waterworks fund therefore not clot shown In the report of or tho lie superintendent of ut water waterworks waterworks waterworks works NOT SELF SIJ I a aOn On Sept 21 1500 I OO on an ordinance was WS as enacted which provided for Cor the setting aside In II n a special fund In of or tho thit revenue of o the waterworks system to be ho 10 used u e for tor or the lice payment of or Interest on water bonds for tho the maintenance nanco nance anti and Ine operation of ot the this waterworks department and third for sucic Ilch Im Improvements nod extensions nn on the tw coon coun council cOln cil cl might from time to time tle order older the Ito t balance If Ir I f any un remaining recital In the thc th fund at nl the tho close coso of ot the thc your eur wa WM to lo Le placed In u n slaking sinking fund funti for the re redemption canton of or water vater bonds at nt their ma nm Unity lurl Owing to the thc prevailing that tho Ice waterworks system I had Itoh a n large lan e each Pach year em It I wan WOI wa thought that at lit lt least 2500 per annum would bo le placed In the said Ild sinking fund thus thul providing ample means for foi tho lice redemption of the tice bonds of the he t de department te nt however has hl shown that th actual of the system since tho erect crea creation tion tOI of the fund funt m lb l HO ID hau hiitti 0 annually exceeded tho lice total nile nuo derived Tile The fh report of or the tice auditor for tor the tho lie year er 1903 shows the total cash revenue from train tho the system antem s to bo le m and tho tile total expenditures from rota tho Ice fund to bo ho 91 11 9 This rids does loeN not Include It should ho bo borno borne In iii mind the amount of ot 18 8 22 expended for water purposes Clel tacit tho the Irrigation water supply fund under tinder Inder the Itt by h general taxation In addition to this lice thu gen gon general gd oral eral fund has upon tipon several oc occasions borne ome n it 1 portion porton of o tho lIce expense of or initiation lit for foi tho protection of thc water us Ill f well teil as ot other othol disburse meats for or tho tIm system the lice city IrIA I i cal tI V it iio the I tic revenue tony may la pro provide 10 vide title Ito for the tho pressing of ot the Ito distributing no great move movement ment lucid of ot u ti permanent character look ln lag to nn an of or the ice water supply cnn can be 10 paid hold for out alit Olt of or this fund hence helco other oIlier of ot revenue will wi lie no CI IIII have lavo to bo ho looked to It 1 will wil thus bo be sPelt seen ol that to date dale our systemic system Ir tel Icon has not been self so SIn I It lug as II has been he n 11 cc tho ho revenue Is not so 10 SI larKo as ni to permit IH of oC Improvements of ot any alY great Kreit magni magnitude magic tude Ille In lit tho near cleric I el I future Tho report of or the tue superintendent con contains talus several recommendations to which your attention In respectfully Invited ed cd which those hose relating to the tho establishment ent of or n a system to b be from 1101 tho thin of or tho Ohio Jordan Jor Salt Lake City I canal racial I for street sprinkling and the lie utilization of oC time tho the wells wels near lea Liberty park IHrl by Icy h means of a n toner anti BI pumping I ho given your view of ot careful with wih a n tho tica feasibility of or the tho BUB sug I II I to 10 draw the attention of or the council counci to the urgent nt and acid absolute necessity for u it 1 change In Iii tho the present sliding of or our water Wlter coder systemic system tem The present ordinance ap approved proved April 10 1002 Is IR so I take It I to tho majority of or tho tico people using meters thud I would favor Il repeal and I trust trl t tho thia council will vili wi carly oar admit action In iii 11 thu tho matter rind and en enact ennet ennet net act nn an In ordinance whereby all ni who ma u motors metora will 11 bo he for tor tho tim water iced l el fly lly ly the tho present rates It will wi bo ho neon lice tho ho small lal user one ono who vico I 1150 less lel than loin 1000 0 gallons must pay I 10 pOI hat every ery 1000 which Is I tho minimum ma in ito II lii while the tho I lie user usel a set of or 1000 gallons promes tho lice supply for 3 cents per 1000 10 Q or almost less lens leMI than the thc small scorch U It UIs I ItIs Is well well known own that during tho thia dry 1 ea sons lions gardens acid 1111 shade Ihno trees stIffer Buffer for tur lack of oC water while the lice larger us UH em lr Cr have nn on acid nt at lt a it n much rate If I this IMla BeAl was WM continued a n little further otto ono In large rue user clear Iler could take tako nil ni tho tico water and acid It would woul cost ost hint him nothing Then Is chat dal dally ly 1 Into tub tho city train from 1000 to gallons of or water later which would give RIe OVel over gallons per Iler capita or over oter 1000 gallons for tur each totally family In Inthe tho the city and 1111 If I they demand their Just jet due dul they houll receive that thaI amount 1 of or water Under Un er the tue present system s tho Ice small users ers who arc are the major majori majority ty t must suffer until the large users have their abundance It 1 would recta to mo mice 10 that justice de do demands mands that nil ni should stand stant equal be ho before 10 fore toro the tho law III the lice large e water wlter user u cr pay 11 as ns much per 1000 gallons us ns tho the lesser les er user I do cia not believe bolee tho the city cl tins hns tho lie right to barter our OUI water supply to the highest t bidder to tl the Injury of at the majority of ot tho the peo people JOO eo vie I sincerely trust that the ice council counci will vIii 11 abate this unjust sliding scale of ot wilIer water lter tooter meter rates In connection with this meter cooler system I also tilso 1190 to call the attention of the tho council counci to the manner malner of Ot assessing sonic some of the larger users The assess assessment 1 ess essm ment m nt rolls rols of or the waterworks ment show some of or the tho assessments to tolie tobe lie he almost Identical In amount for tor every eer moonlIt month In tho the year and acid going a cc I lithe farther It will II bo ho noticed that one of or tho the very sery largest u users ers pays pas the thc very I t came faie amount month after month while the assessment roll rol In iii this par particular case caso CISO falls fails fals to show a I single reading number cubic feet Ceet or number gallons consumed The Time reason for such an au al existing exl tn condition does docs not up ap appear pear jear nor can cati I 1 Imagine why such stick methods have halo been heen allowed to go un unheeded heeded In tho tim I 1 have to In Insist Insist that these be he correctly read renil In the lie future the correct assessment ment muncie made and money mone collected from nil all ni consumers con regardless of ot tho the amount of ot water consumed AND m LT The rhe of o the lice land hand and Ind water commissioner shows the expense e of or maintaining tho the department for the tue year ur 1903 was with receipts from froni the sale ale of at hay from front city cl binds RII acid receipts from front rent of at Ir Irrigation irrigation water 25 making tho the to total tal receipts of ot his department S 0 87 A barn shop ami an 1 yard for Cor the tw convenience of the tha ice department were erected at nt Tenth South street streetA A 4 real estate record showing the de do detailed d tailed Information regarding all ni the inc thereal I real estate owned by the lie city el was pro pr pored pared and acid complied A value wits was placed upon all al the lie real property by h the commissioner and Ind shown to be |
