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Show Council Studies Expenditures Budget Set December 5 for Public Hearing The City Council has tentatively tenta-tively adopted a budget of expenditures ex-penditures for 1958 of $413,94102, on a basis of a 26.3 mills levy, and has called a public hearing on the proposed budget before final adoption Is made. The hearing will be held at 7:30 p. m. Thursday, Dec. 5. Largest item In the budget as tentatively approved Is $83,000 for the city waterworks maintenance. mainte-nance. This is considerably low. er than the budget for the current cur-rent year, principally because of reductions m amounts needed for new equipment and for additions to the system, such as a new pipe line In right hand canyon and for the Qultchapah Well, that were Included In the 1957 budget. Major items In the water wa-ter department budget are for operating op-erating salaries and for the bond sinking fund, with $18,385.38 for salaries and $13,000 for the sink, lng fund. Next largest item Is 75.533.86 for the general fund, which covers cov-ers general administration ex pen. hps. Budgeted for the streets and sidewalks department is a total to-tal of $64,547.17, with $26,796 17 set up for operating salaries, and $20,000.00 for the purchase of new equipment for the department Street lighting takes $7,600.00 with equipment repairs, gasoline and oil and smeral operation using up most of the balance budgeted. Close behind these three departments de-partments Is the amount budgeted bud-geted for public safety, Including Includ-ing the police department, fire denartment and waste removal. Of the public safety total $32,. ,740.26 Is for the police depart- ment. Including $23,550.26 for' salaries of the police force. A total to-tal of $8,265.00 Is set for the fire department with $6,000.00 for sal. aries and the balance for general gener-al expense and supplies. 7 ho waste removal budget is set at $9,001.51, with $7,70151 going for salaries. Budgeted for parks and public property is $27,667.05, which In-eludes In-eludes the cemetery, swimming pool, and recreational parts maintenance and or 'ration. Other funds 'and the amourtts budgeted for them are, city and county building. $4,766.21; public pub-lic library, $13,911.62; enginer-lng enginer-lng department. $11,100.00; sewer system. $15,987.57, and airport, $10,885.02. Following the public hearing some changes may be made In the budget, but It is expected that these will be minor and will not change tha total amount of the budget |