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Show Lindon reviews city budget The Lindon City Council reviewed the proposed budget for 1986-87 Wednesday in the first of two public hearings and decided they will try to keep it near the budget for the fiscal year just ending. A. Ray Brown, city administrator, said that the estimated revenues shown in this tentative budget are $609,085 and the proposed expenditures ex-penditures are $597,232. He said the budget is down from last year because they are not expecting ex-pecting much ;n Revenue Sharing Funds. Another hearing will be held on June 18. At that time the council is expected to adopt last year's amended budget to use until the new budget can be finalized on Aug. 10. The council listened to Police Chief Mike Ferre discuss reasons why he feels the police department budget should be based on a $38 per capita basis. Mayor Kenneth McMillan stated that a letter from Pleasant Grove City indicated that the per capita rate would be $33. The cost to Lindon then would be about $111,000. The chief felt that the $38 figure was. more realistic. He told the Lindon officials that in order to keep quality officers they would need to receive a better salary. He said he didn't expect to compete with Orem wages but felt that he could keep the officers if the wages were somewhat better than they are now. The Lindon City Council noted that they felt that the entire amount which they pay Pleasant Grove for police protection should go into the police budget. Mayor McMillan noted that Lindon would need to know correct figures by June 19 in order to finalize the budget. The council also discussed the need to get the sewer lines on the west side of Geneva Road for the industrial development that needs to .take place there. The city has received a $300,000 government grant, to help pay for the sewer but $600,000 in private investment is needed to quality for the grant. The Redevelopment Agency feels that this amount can now be obtained ob-tained and the progress on the sewer installation can begin. The area in Lindon along Geneva Road and adjacent to the freeway is highly desired as an industrial area and with the sewer in place many businesses will be interested in coming to the community. |