The herald., 1894-02-13


this fund:
On contracts. $2s1l, as follows;
Removal OF garbage ................"$l, o46.6
street sweeping, .................. 44O 90
Removal of de I'd animals, about. 800 90
Rent OF corral .............,......... 70 10
On pay rolls about $4,000, as follows:
Pay roll OF street superintendent. 4, $50 90
Pay roll OF city engineer .............. 1880 %
In other regular monthly expendi-
tures, 1868, as follows;
Gas city hall and police station. 275 90
Kent OF Ransome home. .............. 20 90
Allowance OF free disDensary ....... 20 90
Bent OF gas regulators. .................. 10 90
Drugs for receiving hospital...,...... 70 90
secret service fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100 90
Towel supply city hall ................ 10 90
Printing license books 20 90
Coal for elevator, about. .............. 100 90
Board of patrol horses. ................ 80 90
Making total monthly expenditure for
these purposes of $96S0, and leaving an
available monthly balance of about $3.50
for expenditures such as stationery,
lumber, job printing, meat, vegetables,
bread, groceries and coal for city prison,
tool sharpening, blscksmithing. repairs,
feed and general supplies for the street
department, coal for heating city hall,
repairing paved streets. and other gen.
eral expenses chsrgeable to this fund.
The demands ana transfers from this
fund from the lst to the 9Th of February
amount to $11. 253.14, or the full amount
of the monthly average. with the larger
part OF the regular monthly expenditures
outside OF pay rolls still to be presented,
which will increase the expenditures to
from $4,000 to $4,000 in excess OF the
allowance; and while this amount in
cludes $4,000 of the $4,000 transferred
from the cash fund to the employment
fund, the expenses properly chargeable
to this fund will exceed the monthly
estimate by at least $4,000.
The facts herein presented warrant US
in stating that If we anticipate ending
the fiscal year without an overdraft on
this fund, expenses must be curtailed to
the lowest possible point, and that such
concerted action as your honorable body
may deem advisable to accomplish this
result be taken at the earliest possible
moment.
We would recommend, in view of
these facts, that the city clerk be in
structed to notify all departments of the
city government that they must admin
lister their departments within the
amounts allowed them in the annual
estimates, as no transfers will be made
to cover deficits in their funds, and that
the clerk notify all city officers that
they must exercise the most ri5id econ
omy in their several departments, and
also notify all departments and city Off
GERS that under no circumstances must
any goods be purchased or labor fur
nished without first having obtained
the necessary authorization therefor, as
under no circumstances will the city
relieve any officer of personal RESPONSE
bility for labor or material furnished
without authorization.
Recommendation of economy adopt
ed and the balance referred to the COM
mittee of the whole.
THE MERCHANTS TAX.
Third-in the matter OF communica-
ton No. LII, from the Merchants 1850
citation, asking the council to define
their position in the matter of the re-
moval of the so-called merchants
license. and referred to this committee,
we beg to report that since this question
was first presented to the council by the
Merchants association, demands have
been made upon the funds OF the city
which were unlocked for at that time,
but which the cause OF humanity re-
quired the municipal authorities to
recognize.
In the matter OF providing work for
the unemployed, the city has ex pended
about $4,000, for which no provision
wac made in the annual estimates, and
all of which money has been expended
in our own city in providing food and
clothing and shelter for many who
would otherwise have been in want for
the neCessaries of life.
AS stated in another portion OF this
report, it will be necessary to practice
the strictest economy in order to finish
the fiscal year without a deficit in the
several funds, and to invite such q de-
felt by removing this source OF revenue
at this time with no source from which
to provide for the amount of license re-
moved, we cannot help but feel would
work great injustice ON the people OF
the city, and stop the proper admins
tration OF the affairs OF the municipality.
We believe that this association,
composed OF business men of the COM
munity, will appreciate these facts
when properly placed before them, and
we do not believe it unbecoming in this
council to appeal to them to assist the
municipal authorities by paying this
license which is comparatively small in
each individual case, but which in the
aggregate amounts to large sum, until
the time for fixing the next annual levy,
when proper provisions can be made for
its removal, rather than by forcing the
CITY into position of enforcing its col
lection, thereby adding a temporary
embarrassment and additional expense
to the city at large as well as to them
selves.
In view of these facts, we recommend
that the city clerk be instructed to in
vite the members of the Merchants
association to meet the council in an in
formal discussion of this matter on
Wednesday, Feb. 14th, 1894, at 10
O'Clock a. m. Adopted.
Mr.. Galley called up the matter of
the request of the city attorney for
special council in the City Water COM
pany's case against the city, which had
been referred to the finance committee.
He moved they report at the afternoon
session.
MIR. Munson moved to amend that
they be requested to report not later
than Monday next.
After some discussion both motions
were lost.
The council then took recess until
O'Clock.
Afternoon Session.
The council is becoming more and