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Show Commissioners ildopt Annual Budget A Budget of $773,020.20 was adopted by the Iron County Commission Com-mission for operation of the county coun-ty government for the 19G2 year at a final budget hearing held December 31,1901 at the Court House in Parowan. The budget includes a surplus of anticipated revenue of $53,-233.71 $53,-233.71 unappropriated funds. Of this figure, $:30,u00 is a carry over balance in a special library construction con-struction fund, the balance to be held In reserve and was not appropriated. ap-propriated. The remaining unaproprlated funds is a $3,235.71 surplus in the general operation fund. Total amount of anticipated revenue for 1962 was $810,235.91, which' includes the two surplus items listed above. A breakdown of department expenditures include $106,023.23 for the general operating fund. Largest appropriation In the budget bud-get is the hospital operating fund which was set at $228,994.37. Next In line was the road fund which was set at $67,774.74. Other appropriations include: Library Fund, $18,860.06; Poor and Indigent Fund, $30,229.52; Playground and Recreation, $30,-075.00; $30,-075.00; Airport Fund, $11,834.07; Hospital Construction Fund, $77,-171.67 $77,-171.67 an'' Pond Interest and Re-dernptioi Re-dernptioi on hospital construction construc-tion J29.318.25. Also included is a budget of $67,774.74 which includes revenue and dispursements of the Class "C" Road money which is appropriated appro-priated from the state. At the final hearing of the budget a final item of $1,231 was included In the general fund. This was a request made to the County Commission by John M. McGarry and Bryner Wood of the Escalante Valley for money to pay for materials to be used in the construction of a building to nouse lire iignting equipment in the Escalante Valley. The request re-quest was authorized and the item included in the 1962 budget. A complete rundown of revenue reve-nue and expenditures of the County 1962 budget can be found elsewhere in this issue of the Iron County Record in the official offi-cial Budget ordinance. The 1962 budget Is higher than the 1961 budget. In 1961 the budget was based on an anticipated antici-pated revenue of $770,001.73 compared com-pared to the 1962 budget revenue reve-nue anticipation of $810,255.91. Actual authorized expenditures amounted to $700,802.93 in 19fil compared to $755,020.20 for the 1962 budget. Unappropriated surpluses sur-pluses for 1961 amounted to $69. 198.80 as compared to $55,235.71 tor the 1962 budget. |