Show LEVY ORDINANCE DOT NOT I 1 I 1 special meeting of the city council held JONES HEADS REDUCTION MOVE on finance recommends amends a levy of six mills and Is su I 1 talked ordinance L aid on table still the financial matters ol 01 ogden city aro on the ragged odge the council at its special meeting last night having failed for the e biffl rd time to pass an ordinance r diri ance levying the tax for tho the coming year an ordinance was introduced however after considerable discus discussion slot 1 fixing the tile levy at 1 six 11 mills against thie this measure tour four of the tile members protested for a five mills levy T those I 1 lose members were jones fl carrop arrop stone and atkinson president called the council to order at there being present councilmen paine lU maguire aguire gill I 1 II fl arrop stone atkinson warner and j jones ones jones offered the following re resolution solution Ilbe whereas reas after consulting some of the tile h heaviest taxpayers and merchants of this city ity I 1 it Is found that the tile sense of ti i e community is against assessing A high levy at this time while they fully realize the necesse necessity ly for so doing and that the expenses of this city exceed the revenue on oil account of the policy adopted adopt edby hy the I 1 last ast c citizens party administration which while it kept taxes low yet bonded the f faith fill ill an and d credit of this city for money to meet current expenses thus ill plunging t ams 3 city into debt yet in justice to the wi wishes g s of f the taxpayers and arid laboring inen T rho li 0 own their email small homes we leel feel tha charit I 1 it I 1 is certainly to the best interest of a all concerned to make a low levy this year revolved ved that we refuse at this time to place plate this burden of heavy taxation upon th the people people although it seems necessary as tit the re result alt of the policy heretofore adopted th therefore be it further resolved lle solved that the special ordinance levying a tax of 13 mills be amended to read 3 mills for contingent expenses I 1 mill fr for streets and arid I 1 mill milf for sewer purposes malting a total of 5 6 mills stone seconded joness motion for the adoption of the resolution in ru explanation of his somewhat unexpected move the member from the third quoted a mass of figures showing chak tha when the proposed retrenchments were made five mills would raise enough reyers revenue to carry on the c city i ty government with ease warner wanted to introduce a report from tho the finance committee dut but jones objected on the ground that the gentleman might discuss discus the tho resolution before the house he had no right to introduce a report A warm debate of a personal nature ensued between warner andrones and jones the former said that th at joness resolution was introduced out of pure cussedness and not with any view to the tile future welfare of the city cay spite is work he lie said had for some time past cut a great figure iu ili the deliberations of tile council sufficient in fact to ca cast st an odium upon tile council and the city it was in the members worked with more unity 01 of purpose jones retaliated with tile remark that warner was out for cheap notoriety noto rity he ile only n rt returned e urn e d from t the he east on wednesday d ay and in atit then en the fl first rat tiling thim ho lie did lid was t to 0 go 0 off feito into n a corner and have a financial nan rv revelation e elation tile result of which wo we have here bere in the shape of a committee report O 0 signed by two members of the committee the levy of five mills would give the city a revenue of about which with the proposed retrenchment of would be more than enough to carr carry y on the city government for the coming year y after some crossfire between the president ani jones the chair to gill and spoke to tle matter in hand the council had lie eaid said arrived at the tile jumping off place and it would take some pretty close figurine figuring tomake both ends meet going I 1 into nto details tile president said the city would need aident for contracts and actual running expenses retrenchment ho lie eaid 1 is an imperative necessity it was the bounden duty of the members of the tile city council aa as representatives of an honorable community no matter whose toes were crushed to cut down the tile various departments of ahe city at least even with this cut a six mills leyy would bo as little as could possibly be gotten along with warner quoted some figures and said that even with a 6 0 mill levy evy the tho obligations of the city would take a all 1101 of the revenue raised and at the end of six six months the treasury would be entirely depleted 31 maguire a guire favored tile 6 mill levy with tho the anderst un understanding derst anding that certain heavy retrenchments be made gill was of the same mind and thought thought a mills would bring as little revert revenue ue as the city could get along with wilh like to vote for even a lower levy but thought it suicidal stone favored even a lower levy than 5 I 1 mills while harrop likewise was a friend ot of the taxpayers PA paine ine wanted the T mill levy carried Il estall offered an amendment to jon joness resol u lion to the effect that the sewer levy be made of a mill and that for current expenses 84 mills upon a roll call jonea jones II Il arrop atkinson and stone voted aye and postal I 1 gill paino paine warner and Il magune voted voted no the resolution was declared lost warner then submitted his report aa as follows your committee on cnance bee beg leave to report as follows fol lowa in the matter of the rate of taxes wes for the besent present year and would recommend end as fo follows lows from front the othe fact that the city has in years past for perhaps political reasons made alevy a levy that would only meet about half the tile running c expenses anses and has borrowed t to 0 T makeup a ke up deficiencies this fact together w with it h public improvements e have caused the city to nearly reach its ite borro 0 ing limit limits we jve dearv too or political reasons could continue till bat with no resources resource s id to 0 meet general expenses our warrants wo would U bogging upon the streets with no tiros ros go decalve value this method we feell feel and bow la Is not in lit wite food good sound beai business ness principle now there therefore ore in view of thi tills fact an and d that our revenues from merchants licenses and de defunct funch saloons has ha b been ben cut off bour resources I 1 leave lavo do ue creaked about jor per 4 ennaro a and this with on an increate ir I 1 crease or of accruing interest the proposition confront out how to meol meet running expenses to continue general running expense a hag has been the custom i fn in the tile pasi petit year years would necessitate a levy of at least 10 mill mille but udar present preterit dr cir cam stances we most e earnestly T 11 urge a retrenchment trench ment under e r arnt and if this 13 care carefully full and economically done a less rate will suffice lice therefore we reckons mend tha that t aluf the rate 0 taxation of I 1 j t t io fo for r I 1 the Is e year 1803 1893 be 1 fixed 1 b br th this acca council on c 1 1 at the rate of 0 6 nail 1 on tl the dollar upon the assessed valuation within the tile corporate limits A j IVA R IER EB J G I 1 LL jones offered an amen amendment dri sent makin making 9 the levy 6 mills instead ot of 6 0 tho the result of a roll call was the samo game as upon the first the vote then recurred upon tile resolution as introduced by warner tho roll call resulted as follows ayes gill paine 3 maggire Mag nire and W warner r r 0 6 noes jones harrop stone and atkinson inson 4 ana his resolution levying t 9 mills Is having 1 been adopted carnei presented ed til the e following subsequent rego resolution atlo ri belt be it resolved that a an ordinance be drawn levying a tax of 44 4 nulls for con tir hycent jent expenses ex I 1 mill lor for streets and s mill ruff for sewer Ill king a total O 0 of 1 l 6 mill millias sas brov provided d 1 and I adopted in the ma bority report of the finance com committee mUtee and adopted by the tile council thia this resolution wen went t t through r au i under atil tho tile old vote of five to f four and an ordinance embodying its provisions was introduced warner being flamed as no the member of the board of equalization jones moved to lay the measure on the table until monday tIon day night but was defeated on the same old vote under a cusp suspension e nalon of the rules the ord ordinance cnance was read the second time but before it passed to the third reading jones Janes moved to lay on oil the table until monday nig night I 1 i t I 1 and contrary to expectations received thes the support up of five votes coill going 9 mr to tit alie enemy n q the matt matter er of finance 6 nance was then laid over I 1 jones offered the follows following f rig resol resolution atio n which waa was a adopted resolved that engineer be he and Is hereby instructed to have vo all trees removed on twenty fifth street to make way for paving is g bove resolved that the police committee be and is hereby instructed to enquire 0 into the city boarding the and county prisoners and report to to this council immediately adopted the tile member from the third then called the attention of council to a r report 0 r t which had reached him to if alio 10 ebe effect c t that the city lias has for the past year been boarding united states prisoners w without pay the tito committee on police waa was authorized to ta look into the matter gill also had a hick kick coming rega regarding arding the poor water and electric light bervi service c e the tito firo fire committee was inspru instructed acted to look into the water ater question and the tile police department will look after the electric lights mayor lundy a few facts in ili regard to sprinkling disposal of garbage and ot other I 1 ier matters of importance and the tile council adjourned at 10 |