Show R u f if f Bountiful Studies i ii Blooming Budget I a If Bountiful's city dads have la bewildered staring a slightly J I look remember they have been pouring over sheets of the an- an 1 anal nual budget c I r t THEY HAVE spent quite a few afew hours during recent weeks on the budget During their regular 9 council meeting Wednesday e s day night they continued When the they started they had an unbalanced budget out of kilter kUter f j by i EXPENDITURES were esti- esti r mated at including both general and capital ex- ex I. I with revenue estimated estimated esti- esti mated at Councilman L. L F F. F Eckman urged the council not to use P funds from the power plant to toI toI I balance the budget The power funds should be held for capital capitalI Improvements such as storm I sewers sewers a new library or furl furi fur fur- l i they ther lowering of the property taxes I a t BOUNTIFUL IS growing at a 1 rapid rate Mayor Morris F. F j noted The budget must also grow The Irhe pruned un-pruned 1966 et is about higher than O X I this years COUNCILMEN whittled at the budget for two hours Wednesday Wednesday Wednes- Wednes day evening cutting a few thousand thousand thou thou- sand doll dollars rs Some of the major Increases over last year besides ordinary nar nary increases in s salaries a I a r i e s would come in the police de- de Chief Dean Anderson asked for additional policemen Funds were proposed for two along with another man in the engineering department THE COUNCIL cut 1500 in travel for a convention in Las LasI Vegas along with proposed I travel In several other mareas lT f as Councilmen will continue their study of the budget at future future fu- fu ture meetings It will go into effect July 1 The public will have an opportunity to discuss it at a public Uon |