St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-29
"A GOOD PLAN "sTALLED."
The Comptroller Enlightens the
COnfereuce Committea

The Comptroller Enlightens the
Conference Committee.
An informal meeting of the confer
ence committee was held yesterday aft
ernoon at the mayors Office. In the alb
Sence of the mayor, AsSemblyman VOL
terStortf was called to the char. Messrs.
Bement, Wheelock, Rundlett. Kerwin,
Quinby, Cullen and Comptroller Nc
Cardy were present.
Mr.. Wheelock, besides being a men,
Der of the committee, also represented
the citizens relief committee, and an
n0unced that there are over six hundred
families in need of work and assistance.
This number had registered at the bu-
reau Tor the unemployed at the court
house. The citizens committee had
been unable to raise any funds what
their families, and the help must come
from the city. The scheme. as Mr..
Wheelock called it, was to put in the
tax levy for 1894 half mill for park
improvements, which would result in
about 100000 being realized. The
money could be expended now from the
funds i'll the park board fund, and after
the taxes had been collected could be
repaid back to the fund.
The comptroller corrected Mr.. Wheel
ock as to the tax levy to be made this
year, and explained that the city was
now year behind, and the tax levy to
go before the assembly was for the
money which had been spent this year.
Owing TO this, the half-mill levy pro-
posed could not he raised this year, but
would have to be included in the budget
for 1894, which would be prepared by
the conference committee and council
at the meeting for that purpose in De-
cember. The only thing to be raised by
the tax levy resolution to be passed by
the council and sent to the county audi
tor before Oct. 10 was the amount of
money already spent this year, and for
which certificates of Indebtedness had
been issued. In order to get the amount
asked for it would be necessary to have
it included in the budget for 1894, and
then in October of that year the tax levy
would be made to raise the amount so
expended.
There was some discussion as to
whether this would not increase tho
levy tor 1894. and the comptroller said it
undoubtedly would.
Mr.. Wheelock said the taxpayers ex-
pected the taxes for next year would be
larger, but the unemployed would have
te:be taken care of, even if it should in
crease the levy.
The comptroller pointed out that the
only way to do was to have the confer
ence committee and the council pledge
themselves in advance to place the
amount asked for in the budget for next
year. In order to bring this about the
following resolution was drawn up and
adopted:
Whereas. 1t appears that the board of
park commissioners is the only channel
through which funds can be expended
Immediately for the employment of the
needy destitute of the city under the
restrictions of the city charter; there
fore be it
Resolved, That the conference COM
mlttee recommend to the city council
that they agree that a sum of $50, 900 be
included in the tax levy budget for the
year 1894, to be expended in the i'm
provement of parks, or as much thereof
as can be utilized for that purpose, I'M
der the direction of a committee to be
appointed Jointly by Inc council and the
citizens relief committee.
The resolution was ordered sent to
the assembly and board of aldermen for
concurrence.