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Show Council approves $3.7 Million Budget ' A $3,740,321 budget for 1979-80 was approved by the Cedar City Council at a public hearing last Thursday. The council decided to set the mill levy for property taxes later in the summer but expect it to drop from 16 to 15 milia. "The budget is just about the same as last year's - it hasn't changed that much," said City Manager John Hendrickson. With a general fund of $2,217,350 and separate funds for sewer, solid waste, the swimming pool, golf course and water, the new budget reflects an overall increase of about seven percent. Expenditures for public safety were up 0.27 percent for 1980 over 1979; general government administration down 4.76 percent; water down 1.89 percent; public works up 6.43 percent, recreation, parks and cemetery down 3.2 percent; sewerdown0.ll percent, debt up 7.6 percent; miscellaneous down 4.86 percent. City revenues from taxes will decrease to 29.5 percent in 1980 from 34.3 percent in 1979 in total funding. Funding by fees will match lax funding at 29.5 percent - a drop of 5 percent from 1979. Revenues from grants are expected to decrease ten percent; contributions are expected to increase by 3.9 percent; interest is expected to increase 6.8 percent; miscellaneous revenue is expected to increase 0.2 percent; and lines are expected to drop 0.3 percent. Hendrickson said that the budget's major changes were in its format-changes format-changes required by slate revenue limitation legislation. Services funded by user's lees have been separated from department budgets and the general budget. Taxes will be subject to revenue limitations by the slate but separating user fee funds should give greater flexibility and keep track of cost and revenue from each service more cffectivley according to Ilenrickson. The swimming pool fund is $41,000. Althoug fees have recently increased to use the pool, the revenue does not cover total costs. The excess costs have been split on a 50-50 basis with the Iron County School District. The solid waste fund will collect $90,000 from fees, $12,000 from the general fund and gain an additional $1,000 from interest. Fees will only pay 45 percent of the Golf Course , costs with the general budget picking'- up the additional $70,850. The water fund will be totally financed through lees and was budgeted at $750,700. The sewer fund has been budgeted lor $287,121. Monthly fees to residents of the city will increase from $3.00 lo $3.50 a month. Sewer hookup fees will increase from $120 to $300 with corresponding increases for commercial com-mercial areas. Expenditures for 1979-80 will be: Administration--$185,600; Judicial- $37,000; Agencies and Non Department-;. 700; Police-$364.45(l; Liquor Fnl'orcement-$12.50(); Fire-$100,000; Fire-$100,000; lnspections--$41.000; Animal Control-$24,540; Flood Control-$2,000; Control-$2,000; Health Services--$300; Streets and Highways-$582.810; Class C Roads-$95,0()0: Collector Roads-$45,000; Roads-$45,000; Fngineering"$39.000; Air-port-$30.000: Parks and Playgrounds--$86.300; Recreation-$48,000; Recreation-$48,000; Library-$52.000; Cemetery -$54,330; Economic Opportunity-$35,000; Opportunity-$35,000; General fund Expenses-$2,217 Expenses-$2,217 ,350: Total Bond Interest and Sinking Expcnditures-$213.478: Bond Reserve Funds--$168,142; Bond Reserve Expenditures--$168,142; Water Department-$750.700; Sewage Dcpartmont-$287,120; Solid Waste-Si Waste-Si 03.300. |