Show public welfare board approves budget the public welfare commission friday approved estimates of the 20 county departments ot 01 public welfare bor 1945 totaling plus state department administration costs amounting to op aeration of the public assistance and welfare program in utah during 1945 therefore is expected to cost cog just under 10 dollars under utah law county welfare boards are required to submit for approval of the state commission estimates of cost of ope operatic op cratin ratin of the welfare program in their respective counties following commission approval the county welfare boards certify these amounts to their respective county commissions for the purpose of determining the amount of the levy necessary to raise the countes coun tys share in the cost of the welfare program set by law at lb 15 per cerut cent the portion of the estimated cost for 1945 which the boards of county commissioners of the 29 counties will have to raise total iely 15 million the balance will be furnished by the state and federal governments under provision of the social security act it Ls is expected that the federal share will amount to 38 million cost to the state to ito be financed from sales tax funds is estimated at 47 million n the estimated 10 million expenditure in 1945 is 17 per cent higher that estimates for 1944 it is expected however that 1944 expenditures will total roughly less than estimated A C burton director of the departments bureau of finance and accounts points out mr burton said that estimates during the last four years have in each instance been greater than the amount actually spent in 1943 actual expenditures tures fell below estimates in 1942 in 1941 60 commenting mm enting on this commissioner ioner J parley white pointed out that the annual estimates submitted by county welfare boards are arc the only data on which the county commissioners base their determination of how much to levy in order to pay their share of the cost of welfare assigned to them under law in view view of this we have been more anxious that the estimates are high enough to meet eventualities than we are to hold them down too closely we take the attitude that it would be unfair to the county taxing units if the state commission cuts estimate down to the point where we might have to go back later and ask the county commissioners to make an additional levy surpluses that might accumulate as a mesut of overestimates over estimates of the cost of welfare are carried over to reduce the amount needed for the following year the estimated 1945 expenditures for state administration including child welfare services commodity distribution and merit system operation are per cent lower than estimates for 1944 the estimate of tor this item in 1945 however is 67 per cent higher than expected expenditures for the current year with two months yet to be recorded november and december estimated amount needed to make assistance payments and for administration in iron county for 1945 was set at it is reported by hugh L adams chairman of the iron county board of public WI welfare of this amount the county is expected to pay |