Show City 1940 Property Tax Levy J Shows Gain County Same As j 1939 State Levy Decreases J A two mill Increase in the property tax levy for tor 1940 was made by the 1 City Council Thursday night the Increase having been made necessary necessary sary by the heavy expenses Incurred incurred Incurred Incur Incur- I red through the extensive civic improvements Improvements improvements Im im- undertaken during the tha past year i Chief among these Items were the extensive addition to the culinary culinary culin culin- ary water system the construction l lof of a new public safety building In i cooperation with the county construction con conn of a swimming pool vard var- var cd led developments at the municipal 1 airport and numerous street and j sidewalk improvements such as j paving and curb and gutters 1 The levy for 1940 was set at 21 mills as compared with a 19 mill f flevy levy that has been bem In effect during durIng during dur dur- ing the past several years The 1940 levy is divided as follows follows fol fol- lows Mills General Fund 52 5 5 Streets and Sidewalks l' l Police and Public Safety Bond Sinking Fund Bond Interest Fund 50 Library j Total 2100 2100 1 The 1939 levy was as follows j Mills 1 General Fund Streets and Sidewalks j Police Pollee and Public Safety Bond Sinking Fund j Sewers and Drains a 1 Guarantee Fund J J Library Bond Interest US Total 1900 i It will be noted that the levy for forthe the library streets and sidewalks and police and public safety de departments departments de de- 1 are the same as last year while the 1939 levy for sewers sewer and drains and for the guarantee fund which was n needed eded to guarantee guarantee guar guar- antee the payment of special Improvement improvement im Im- provement taxes were eliminated which would have brought the city levy dO down to IS 16 mills but for the fact that it was necessary to increase In Increase Increase in- in crease the levy for the bond sinkIng sinking sinking sink sink- ing fund by 3 mills the bond Interest in interest interest in- in terest levy by mills and the general fund by 25 of a 11 mill a total tots of five mills bringing the total up to 21 mills The Board of County Commissioners Commissioners Commis Commis- stoners left the tax levy for county purposes at 7 mills the same as last year ear although there were changes in fund levies The general general general gen gen- eral fund levy Y remained the same RS IIa last year with slight increases In the county road fund Indigent fund and library fund levies and anda a slight decrease made In the public public public pub pub- lic welfare fund levy The interest and sinking fund levy was reduced from 14 mills to 5 of a mill and anda a new levy of 5 b of a 11 mill mUl was added added add add- added ed for the hospital The total county levy for 1939 and 1940 is as follows Mills Mills 1939 1940 General Fund 20 County Road Fund Find 12 15 Indigent Fund 1 4 Library Fund 2 4 Interest Sinking Fund 14 5 Public Welfare Fund 18 17 Hospital 5 Totals 70 70 The state tax levy was reduced by 75 of a mill and set at mills and the school district levy was left at 13 mills thus the taxpayer owning ownIng owning own own- ing property within the limits of Cedar City must pay a levy of mills mils higher than the total to total total to- to tal levy of 46 90 mills In 1939 Property outside the corporate limits of cities clUes and towns will carry carry carry car car- ry a levy of 2715 mills which is 75 of a mill less than the 2790 mills levy of cf 1939 |