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Show Co. Commission Adopts Budget Of $587,684 for '65 The Board of Iron County Commissioners Com-missioners in special meeting Monday adopted a budget of expenditures ex-penditures for the coming year of $567,(584.77, which is based on a 10.15 mill tax levy on the present county assessed valuation. The Commissioners had met during the forenoon for a public hearing on the proposed budget, with no protests of any kind filed by citizens, and only recommendations recommend-ations for minor changes suggested sug-gested by department heads. The two major Items In the budget are the general fund expenditures ex-penditures and the amount budgeted bud-geted for County roads. The general fund budget, Includes In-cludes all general government and administrative activities was placed at $132,9-25.38. The amount approved for the county road department was $140,288.26. This, of course, not only includes local tax funds, but also the U road fund received annually from the state. The budget for capital Improvements, Im-provements, which this year Is an item for the construction of Parowan Paro-wan Library was set at $69,015.62. A total of $90,318.75 was set up for the bond imerest and sinking fund, which Is for bonds Issued for the construction of the Iron County Hospital. The budget for hospital operation, as requested by tiie uuiiiiiiisuaior, was io,-610.55. io,-610.55. This item, while including includ-ing some tax funds, also Includes income from hospital operation. i-'unds appropriated tor public safety and public items were placed at $39,762.00, and $23,193.-M, $23,193.-M, respectively. These funds are for the regular services in the two departments. The recreation department, de-partment, through which the county distributes funds to cities and towns and other agencies, received $21,269.55. The budget for operation of the public libraries was set at $12,-316.01. $12,-316.01. Three smaller Items were also included. Noxious Weed and Pest Control, $8,000; Indigent fund, $6,000, and airports, $4,200, A complete and detailed list : of budget appropriations as ; adopted ty the commission will ..( published at a la'er date. |