The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-12-05
COMMITTEE REPORT HELD Up
Council Votes to Levy Is Mill Tax and
Then Reconsiders and Finally Adopts
Report of Committee Fixing che Levy
for the Year at Eleven Mills.

night for lot of the members of the
council failed to take kindly to the
recommendation of the finance COM
mittee for an eleven mill levy and for
more than an hour the question Of tax
alton was argued before the council.
The committee after many sessions
and after considering carefully the
conditions, had suggested an eleven
mill levy. AS soon as the report was
presented Alderman Rhode took Keep
ton to it, claiming that the amount
would not be sufficient for me rum
ming expenses of the city. The mem
bers of the committee admitted that
this was the fact, but declared that
they felt that larger levy at this
time would be a hardship on many
people Of the city. Alderman Rhode
moved that the levy be made at thir-
teen mills and this motion carried by
vote of 10 to 6. Then the members
of the finance committee took hand
and the chairman insisted that if there
was to be a clean up the city should
proceed to levy a tax sufficient to
make possible the payment of the over
drafts of the city and provide for the
expenses Of the coming year. It was
shown that this could not be done on
a levy less than fifteen mills. The
committee retired from the meeting
and brought in supplementary report
showing what could be done with in
creased levies of Ii and Is mills, but
at that it brought back the original
report with the suggestion that the
report be adopted or the mayor name
new committee to make levy which
would be acceptable to the members
of the council. The motion to make
the levy thirteen mills had been re-
considered just before the retirement
of the committee and when a motion
was put to reject the report Of the COM
lnittee it was lost by large vote. The
report of the committee was then
accepted and the aldermen vote unani-
mously for the eleven mill levy. The
report Of the committee follows
To the Honorable Mayor and the Com
mon Council of the City of Kenosha,
Wisconsin.
Gentlemen:
Your committee on finance would re-
spectfully recommend that tax Of IL
mills or $276,471.13 be levied upon the
assessable property Of the city of Ke-
nosha, for purposes as follows viz:
State, county, county school,
soldiers relief and relief
of the blind ...........$ 5S,672.9S
City school tax .......... 101,375.00
Board of industrial educa-
ton -. ............. $4,000
Board of health .......... 100000
Board of park commission
ers ............... 100000
Gilbert NJ. Simmons Library 25,13373
Kenosha Cemetery Assn. 100000
Water department (repay-
ment of loan) .......... 25,16667
Interest refunding bonds. $4,000
Columbus school bond fund 6.4OO 90
City hall bond fund. 1880. $4,000
Frank school bond fund -. 5.597.50
Main sewer bond fund -. 14.275.O0
Contingent .......... 1.412.23
Fire department. .......... 100000
Police department. 80. -. 100000
Streets, alleys and bridges. 100000
Pauper -. ........... 100000
Public grounds ........... 10000
Printing and stationery. 100000
Gas and light ............ 10000
Sewer and paving ...... 2,188.O2
Harbor and breakwater. 80. 10000
Total =. ........... $276, 471.13
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