The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-09-08
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we find that at the beginning Of the
fiscal half-year it showed an oyer
draft of $5.5ls.07. The tax collections
amounted to si994s2O, leaving $14,43o.tS
net Add to this $500 to be transfer
red from the general fund and you
have s2QOSo.1s available for the six
months From this L would suggest
the following appropriations;
1" Some Suggestions. s'~s4
General administration - Director,
$3.50; clerk hire, $l2O; furniture and
fjxturcs, $3.50; janitor and other em-
ployes. $3.50; legal advertising s25
Engineering Engineer Engineer and
assistants, $500; furniture and fixtures
4, $40; stationery. 500: incidentals. S.
Street repairlng-payrol $50; material
ST. Street cleaning-Equipmen and
supplies, $50; street lights, s9,154. Gar
bage-Removal, $780, disposal plant.
$3.50. Sewers-Sewage disposal plant.
$125. terwork-Hydrant rentals.
S6525; incldentals. 800. Miscellaneous
public ways. $50. Market-Market-
master, $3.50; fuel and light. S. Parks
- Superinterent, $3.50: payroll. si05:
fuel and light. S25; material. IS. City
thall7rt nal \ and Light. 1900; ;rent.stcity
offices. $6SC; incidentals. $26. TWal.
$50. .1OS.5O.i a From this should be de-
Quoted, mi fIlsurIng ITO iget within hhe
revenue, $50 legal, advertising uHher
general apmlnIstratiop.I this 'beir a
special assessment account. $3.50
from furnlpre9 and t1Stures ufier
general adminlstration.vl $6.0s Hom
furniture and fixtures under enginfer-
ing, $SS.p3 eapm equipment and pp-
plies under street c.,aning. siH45
from street! lights 80 from iremovsl
ahder. garbage. .s26,6t from inoideptals
under wateryorks. sl4S.45 from fuel
and light Under city hall. $50 for Ont.
city office. and $2s.OS from incidtnt-
ais under M city, hail ~, a, -, total of
/ s51S.57, these Icing amounts that the
appropriations harmed were osfr-
drawn July 1 and not appropriated
for future use. To the difference should
be added $1S9.6O balances In apflro-
priatons laft from. the qrst six months
making AZ vet total "a sis.779.5S needed
for the public service fund for fix
ed charges such as salaries. water.
light and Office rent during the entire
half year and for other money spent
up to September 1. Deduct this from
$50, ,03O1S. the money available for the
six months and there is left s2506O
which may be appropriated for other
purposes
! In connection with the appropriation
ordinance. another ordinance should
he passed multiplying the following bal
ances in appropriations standing at
the close of the first ,six months.
General fund-Counci, stationery,
$40; clerk of council. clerk hirer IS,
! furniture and hxtures9 SIS and Incl
dentials. S. Civil service commission.
legal advertising $6 stationery. $12i
| Public service fund-Street repairs.
tools and Implements s230S Sewers,
pay-rolls, $500, materials. $40. Parks.
ipcidentals, $3.50. l,tul ,
The deductions and additions I have
cited in connection with outlining ap-
nropriations are not TO be- taken ait
orally but are merely used by me to
show how the. appropriations are fig
ured so as to come within the rev.
enue.
How 10 Observe Law.
My figures believe YOU will find TO
be at least approximately correct and
furnish the only possible way of pass
ing the city's seml-annual appropria-
tion ordinance under the provisions
of the Smith law. II Is made possible
| only through the efforts of the public
service director in curtaillng the ex-
penses of his department. One man
has been taken off at the garbage
plant, the CITY, market has been clos
ed work at the parks suspended and
the cost Of street cleaning and other
street work reduced to a minimum.
This condition will prevail during the
next four months. As ! have stated
before. this impairlng OF the public
service Is due to no extravagance or
mismanagement but To lack of re-
venue and the inexorabe require
ments of the Smith law. The revenue
of the service fund alone is from $4,000
TO $4,000 less than It was four years
ago, taking years work as a basis
have made no mention of the safe
" or health funds in this statement.
since the safety director has brought
his appropriations within the money
on hand, and the overdraft standing
In the health, fund. being due to money
spent in a smallpox epidemic must
necessarily be covered by ban, as
authorized by statute.
The seml-annual appropriations or
dinance should have, been passed be-
fore July l and as two months have
elasped since then I would ask that
action be taken at the next council
meeting. can assure you that by
taking the steps outlined In this com
munication there will be no transgres-
sion of the new tax law
y Yours respectfully.
HARRY s. ELLIOTT.
CITY Audifor