Show school board asked to cut budget at the public hearing on the iron county school budget held on monday afternoon afeei 0 of this week at the school boards orfice office in cedar city formal request was wag made that appt tl be lopped oft off the operating budget ot of for the current year this request was ru made ade by kumen kuman L jones john S woodbury and J 0 pace members of odthe abe tax committee or of the cedar city chamber ot of commerce who tiled filed sort ot of a report which was prefaced with a statement that they were acting at the request ot of members of the chamber of commerce and with the approval of 0 tho the president ot of that orthey gave as their reison reason for this request the financial condition of the country and particularly the depression in the livestock industry which Is so vital to this locality though they had had access to the budget figured figurea and had gone over them previously their report is 13 silent as ad to which part of the years program be cut or bow the be trimmed the only suggestion being that a cut of less than 6 per cent in the total would reduce it the be amount mentioned after considering the committees report the school board passed the budget essentially as it had been prepared and without the cut requested because they felt that any material cut would seriously cripple the efficiency of the system the budget calls tor for a total ot of distributed as follows general control instruction coordinate activities auxiliary agencies operating school plant 1256 maintenance 4 30 fixed charges capital outlay debt service briefly explaining the foregoing continued to back page pace SCHOOL BOARD ASKED TO CUT BUDGET continued from first page general control consists larg largely rely ot of id ministration expenses salaries md ind expenses ot of board members me moers sup rin clerk etc instruction ot course Is teachers salaries and it will be noted that this item is more than two thirds ot of the entire cost ot of the schools coordinate activities vit I 1 es covers the health supervision salary ot of health supervisor expenses and supplies auxiliary agencies include transportation por tation charges operating school plant includes fuel light water care and such items maintenance ot of course covers necessary repairs fixed charges include rent insurance etc capital outlay means investment in new equipment of a permanent nature and debt service covers bond interest and sinking funds the proposed expenditures fo tor this year tor for everything except debt service Is 2692 more than those tor for last year this increase is charged almost entirely to capital outlay or specifically the installation of a stoker tor for the cedar city plant it I 1 by the board from the showing made by the one installed at parowan carowan a year ago by the use of 0 which the new building and the id one were heated at approximately y the same cost as the old building was previously heated by hand fir mg it effected economy in both amount and cost ot of fuel used the stoker uses slack coal which was Je delivered livered at parowan carowan at a saving of per ton some other matters of routine business were transacted by the school board at the monday meeting |