The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-06-09
Common Council.


Common Council Chamber,
Owosso. Mich, May 81 nos.
Special meeting OF common council Mayor
Stanley X. Parkill presiding
Aldermen present at roll call Nichols,
Rigley, Mills, washhurn. Campbell.
Clerk read the following call a. ,oo.
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and Marshal Of the the City Of owosso~
Gentlemen.-You are hereby called to meet
In special session Wednesday evening May 81,
dinance carrying the annual appropriation
STANLEY E. PARKrLL,
Aid. Nichols presented the following commu
nication, which was upon motion received and
ordered placed on nle
To the City Clerk and Aldermen of the City OF
Owosso:-
Gentlemen;
nance raising e4S, 900 TO pay the expenses OF the
This amount Is at least 81 600 more than the
5000 in the water fund. There was May LIST
$4.445 % in this fund, more than enough, with
the income derived from the water works sys.
tenn to pay the expenses OF the water works
plant for the coming year.
The city by decisive vote decided gainsta
.Fs for yg wsssr
purpose Of this council to raise the money by
direct taxation where the taxpayer has no
% ns the
appropriation Of 81 900 would certainly be am
pie and allow the construction of five or six
blocks of water mains when required for do
IL has been clearly demonstrated that the
contingent fund, with the amounts to be paid
for dem snds 10 be made upon it and leave
surplus one year from next October Of abont
$4,000, or almost enough to pay the contingent
not q bienniaf appropriation. You have no
right to raise taxes for the running expenses
Of the city two or more years in advance.
II 1t is the purpose of the ale ermen to trans.
still more mains in defiance OF the expressed
wishes of the taxpayer, then the proposdd in
crease Is more than error of Judgment
This 81, 0S0 should be saved to the taxpayers
Of the city. 1t amounts to nearly 10 per cent
OF the city taxes to be paid The fact that the
proposed appropriation is smaller than in
former years is no excuse for an excessive
amount this year and does not constitute a
valid reason for your being extravagant with
the peoples money and adding unnecessarily
to the butdens Of taxation.
owosso, May 20, 'O5.
Owosso, Mich, May 81, 1905
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Coun-
Gil OF the City OF Owosso -
Gentleman The following resolution was
unanimously adopted at a meeting of taxpay-
ers held this afternoon In the Y M A rooms
Resolved That 1t is the sense OF this meet
ing OF g xpayers that the council be asked to
reduce the budget passed at its last meeting to
$4,000 by reducing the contingent fund $1,000.
E.o. DEWEY,
Secretary Meeting
It was moved and supported that the vote on
the annual appropriation ordinance be re con-
sidered. which motion did not prevail. ayes
Nichols, nays o.
nancedo now pass, which was carried, ayes 10
nays
An ordinance for the annual appropriation
bill for the fiscal year commencing October
LIST, 1905 and ending September 3Dth, 1906
Sec The City of Owosso ordains that the
following sums of money are required for the
annual appropriation bill to defray the expen-
ditures and pay the liabilities of the city of
1905 and ending Sept 81, 1906, said sums to be
raised by tax against assessable property of
said city as specified by Board of Review of
said city and to be collected on the July tax
roll Of 1905 in the various funds as herewith
specified, viz
For fire department fund the sum off,. $4,000
Contfngent fund. 2,OO0
Highway fund. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000
WAGER FUND 3,OOO
Police fund ......................... 8,100
Interest and bond fund.-. ........... 10000
Interest and sinking fund................." $500
Light fund ............ ................... $500
Drain 900
Board Oh Health 9OO
Total S45oOO
Sec That it will be necessary to make
special assessments for the construction OF
sidewalks, drains and sewers in said city as
petitioned for from time to time: also to cause
special assessments to be made for the expens-
es OF sprinkling streets as petitioned for and
to make assessments for other improvements
deemed necessary and ordered TO be made by
the common council Of the city of Owosso
Sec 8 This ordinance shall take immediate
effect
Passed an approved the 3st day of May 1905
STANLEY E PARKILL
Mayor
FRED EDWARDS,
City Clerk
Upon motion council adjourned
FRED EDWARDS
City Clerk