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Show City Council Okeys Budget for 1968-69 Fiscal Year A public hearing on the proposed pro-posed budget of expenditures of Parowan City for the fiscal year extending from July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1969, was held as a part of the regular meeting of the City Council on Monday night of last week Following the hearing the judget was adopted by vote of the members of that body The budget also set forth the jstimated income from the several sources that go to nake up the General Fund to jover the proposed expenditures. expendi-tures. The proposed budget, as pre pared by City Recorder Joan Mortensen and Mayor Ralph Orton, calls for raising a total of $$58,338.16 for the general fund, and also budgets a like amount as expenditures to go toward operation of the city government. The biggest single item in the proposed revenues, is oi nnnrcn nrnnortv tavoc caI- at $16,000. Other sources are list ed as: other taxes $5,100, Li censes and permits $2,700 : Fines, forfeitures and penal (ties, $5,000, revenue from use of money and property $3,500, State Liquor Control, $1,668.50; ' charge for current services $3,-554.94, $3,-554.94, and other revenues $8,-780. $8,-780. This makes a total of $46,303.44. Added to the above amount to raise the total necessary to meet the estimated expenditures expendi-tures from the general fund, were transfers from other funds, set at $5,000; from Library Li-brary board for librarian's salary, sal-ary, $2,712, and an unappropriated unapprop-riated surplus of $5,322.72. This brings the total revenue j to $58,338.16. This money is appropriated six divisions, as follows: General government, administration, admin-istration, $15,839.16; Municipal Munici-pal court, $2,500; city building maintenance. $1,500. Public Safety: Police department, depart-ment, $8,440; fire department, $5,500; Ispection dept. and planning commission $400; jail expense $500. Public Works: streets and highways, $6,050; waste collection col-lection and disposal, $600; Airport, Air-port, $1,000; irrigation, $2,000. Public health services, $225. Public Library: Libraries, $100; librarian's salary, $2,112; librarian's retirement, $72. I Parks and recreation: Parks, $1,000; cemetery, $1,500; race track, $500; recreation, $4,500; Swimming pool, $4,000. j Three other funds are also a part of the budget, as follows: fol-lows: Class "C" Road Fund, from state from license plate fees, $5,114.20, Available for use in city street improvements. Electric bond and interest fund, general obligation: Revenues Rev-enues from property taxes, $1,-137.75; $1,-137.75; contribution from electric elec-tric income fund, $944.75; total $2,082.50. Unappropriated balance bal-ance in the fund $1,450.75; To-I To-I tal in fund $3,533.25. Expenditures: retirement of bonds, $2,000; Interest on the bonds $82.50; total expenditures, expendi-tures, $2,137.50, leaving an unappropriated un-appropriated balance in the fund of $1,450.75. Library Bond Redemption fund: Revenues, from property taxes, $1,462.84; unappropriated unappropriat-ed balance, $903.69. Expenditures: Expendi-tures: Retirement of bonds, $1,000; interest on bonds, $240, unappropriated balance $1,-126 $1,-126 53. |