Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-03-13 | Page 8 | Will City Officer be Docked for Lost Time?

ill CITY OFFICER BE DOCKED EOS LOST TIME? TYhile contemplal ing today ihe enor-mous enor-mous cost of operating the city government gov-ernment and the eloquent item of enormous enor-mous earnings by the waterworks depart de-part ment, which was used to fill the holes in the general fund, a taxpayer, suddenly remembering asked city Auditor Au-ditor Arthur P, Larson whether or not Commissioner Miles L Jones received his regular pay nf $11. SO a day while he was absent in California The auditor au-ditor replied he would look it up. while the inquirer wailed Presently he replied re-plied that Commissioner Jones did receive re-ceive his pay for the time he was absent ab-sent from the city, in California. He was gone during the period of public distress from the coal famine The item was considered of importance impor-tance to the taxpayers, because many of thein contend lhat no pay should be allowed while an official is off tho job. While he was absent in the east last year, Mavor Abbot R. Ileywood docked himself the amount of his salary. sal-ary. It is not known so far whether Commissioner Jones will emulate his honor's example and reimburse the city the amount of his salary for the time he was gone. He was away several sev-eral weeks. The item Involved and the action in allowing it is said to establish a precedent prece-dent which may plead in future to the detriment of the taxpayers. All city employes are docked when not at work, except in special cases deemed worthy of public relief. This was one of the issues of the last city campaign.