Show Salary Cut Improvement Work Halted To M Make ke 27 City Budget Balance Mayor Browning Takes Lead In Making Recommendations Recommendations Recommendations Seeking to Keep Expenditures Within Income No Stadium Or Washington Avenue Improvements p ODEN city's 1927 1027 budget was knocked loose from all aU its its J U trimmings at a special meeting of Mayor Maor Georgd E Brown Brown- Browning Browning ing and the city commissioners this morning with the follow follow- following following ing result There Thero will ill be no public Improve Improve- Improvements Improvements ments of oC any kind made mado next year ea The proposed Washington avenue resurfacIng lighting system and curb and guttering was eliminated Time The Th grandstand at Lorin Farr Farm park will III not be moved There Thore will be no paving no I ew sidewalks curbs curb and gutters cutters or any street Improvement SALARY S CUT cur The salary of time tile city engineer was cut 50 a II month One On man In tho the city engineers Ineer's office and one worker In the tho th city treasurers treasurer's office offic must mutt go so An appropriation for time the city's portion of special Improvements was cut out No money will be spent In South SouthFork SouthFork Fork k on city properly property The city will viii o no more Ogden Bench Dench canal stock next year ell Supplies and anil equipment proposed for tor city were cut to 10 the minimum LEADS OS Mayor Mao Browning Drowning culled called the thc theother other oiher Into his of- of of office flee fice at 10 o'clock and recommend recommend- recommended ed that tho the budget be slashed Most I st of till the recommendations for forthe forthe the cuts In the Iho th various departments came front from him When Wilen the th meeting broke brok up a compilation of the figures showell that was w-n cut from the bUdget this morning The first step was 18 to cut 18 lt which had been set aside a ld for tor lIc improvements special ira ira- Im Improvements and street lighting C Then rhon the city engineers engineer's salary was WIlS cut COO a 0 year oar or to 2 0 a 0 month One worker In the city engIneers engIneer's office was eliminated saving Si- Si 1 a year In salary In tb thu city treasurers treasurer's office another worker on Page Illge Two i i OGDEN BUDGET SLASHES MADE ADE from Page One will bo ho released rei cased bringing another 1800 saving A sum um set lIet ct aside for purchase of and equipment In the treasurers treasurer's department was cut In deciding not to move the th Lorin Farr pari grandstand to the new nev bowl east of city was eliminated SI S SLASHES ES ESThe The appropriation for tor statutory and general use uso was cut 2000 which was WR to 10 have havo been Leen the city's portion to pay for tor spec spec- special pec-lal lal ial improvements improvement was wa eliminated 1000 was cut from the time amount set aside a Ido for salaries of firemen at the proposed new station on the east cast bench which wu was wa to have havo been used u ed for tor Improve Improve- Improvement improvement Improvement ment of o city property property property In South Routh SouthFork SouthFork I Fork ork was eliminated and 1000 for purchase of Ogden Ofden Bench Dench Ca- Ca Canal Ca Canal nal nat company stock was cut out The Th commissioners commissioner will meet meeli Wednesday to 10 pass pan the tho budget or- or or ordinance which will make mako the tho th budget ct bude-ct et Ct a appropriation legal C TO ro Before Defore that time however re- re report report r port port of a 1 special committee of the Weber county branch of ot the Utah Taxpayers T association Is to b be re received re- re received received T il mIs lIs committee went over the budget figures last week and after aCler reporting to the general com corn committee will again meet with the making what chat rec recommendation rec- rec recommendations they the sep see ec tit fit At tIme the meeting this morning Commissioner Flygare rec recommend recommend- pd Cd I that be ho cut from the budget budet which wis was ns for tor fo the th improve Improve- Improvement improvement ment mont in South Fork can canyon on Corn Com Com r Peery agreed to trim the city engineers engineer's salary Practically all other cuts wore suggested or made by Drowning Browning |