The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-09-05
CITY finances
De m and Some Prompt
Action.
THE DEPLETED STATE
OF Various Municipal Funds
are Again Featured Before
the Council BY City
Clerk.

Canton's finances are very far from
being in a satisfactory condition, ac-
| coriing to the report of CITY Clerk c.
&. Lloyd to the council Tuesday even
ing. He made two reports. The frs.
gave the amount OF Laxes collected
by the county auditor and trelsui er
and turned over 10 the city's credit.
The second report showed the bai-
ances and overdrafts in each OF the
funds OF the city after l.his June co.
/ lection OF taxes had beea added I
them.
l' NO more taxes will he resolved until
the March settlement which is SIX
months away. Just how the city Us to
pay running expenses is problem
| that is both ring The council AID ci,y
officials. An examination Of TIE s.,
old. repo.t shows, for instaice, tn t
iii sljite of the ilact thfl o nsr 81 SEQ
had Leen ad Eel 10 The fire fHnd,
| is still an oyerdratt of 81 15O4.36. To
! the storm water saver funi s1,219 has
ius. been added which WAS not SUI
ic ent to make up the deficit.
In the street and alley salary fund
ont Of which are plid the Wages a-d
salaries Of those who do the work up
on The thoroughfares OF the cit
there is about Sa20.64 which is hard y
sufficient to pay The eypensss in that
department for a week. This funl
cannot lie r-p,eli hcd for six non shs
to cone. at
The reports submitted by the Gle X
are as follows:
"To honorable city council Gentle
men.-l have the honor to he-ewi h
submit to you the report of money re-
ceived from the county auditor and
treasurer for the June collection as
follows: Corporation taxes S73 16i45;
Cow tax, S12,00O.51; cigarette tax
$4z.1G; from Canton township and I'm
ion school district, for election pur-
poses, $500; special street assessments
colled Cd by auditor S5SG.41; special
srcet assessments collected by treas
urer. S13,S74.47. Grand total, $780,
967.94.
This money has been apportionei
to the various funds as follows:
General salary, s3,65S.25; general
expense, S54S7.35, firesalary, Sl0,974,-
66; fire Sl,S291 street and alley sal
ary, S6,40l,SS; street and alley, 81
4SS.S1; police and marshal salary,
$4,26T92; sewer salary, $l,S29.11; sew
er, -.S609,70; storm water sewer, ST.
219.40; street light, $s,S4O.7O; perma-
merit street improvement, s3,O4S.51;
interest and debt, $12,194.07; sinking,
$G.0370S; public park, S1,219.40; pub
lie library, $2,43S.S1; fire department
building Se09.7O; Total, s73,16445.
DOW tax-General expense, 81 1000;
general salary. $4,5CO; police and mar
shal salary, $4,000; police and marshal
$2,00051
Cigarette tax Police and mar
shal fund, $42.10.
Special street assessments, collect
ed by auditor and treasurer, to the
various funds for which they were coll
lected."
'"ro the honorable city council:
Gentlemen. ! herewith beg leave to re-.
port that the June tax collection as
apportioned in the semi-annual set
tlement with the treasurer on Septem-
ber l. 1902, shows the following con-
dition of the various funds out OF
which the running expenses Of the
city are to be paid:
General expense, balance $3,766.02
general salary, balance $5,S5777; IRE,
overdratt, s1,504.36; fire salary, ball
ance $s,279.93; police and marshal.
$2,130.S5; police and marshal salary,
s7,05s.54; street and alley, balance.
$1.265.7S; street and alley salary, bal
ance $1,46G.Ss; sewer. balance, $977.67;
sewer salary, balance $677. 90; fire de.
partment building, balance sl,1OOs5
interest and debt, balance. $7,i7s.4O;