The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-24
Owing to Increase in Many Dc
partments, Amount Shows In
crease of $4,000 Over
Last Year.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS
PLANNED BY OFFICERS
Extension Water Mains, Improve.
ment Street Paving, New Fea-
ture at Fire Department,
Cost Cash.

According to the city estimate
which has just been compiled, $1l9,
2l5.18 will be required to finance
the city government during the fis
cal year beginning July l, 1919, and
ending June 30 1920. This is an
increase of approximately $4,000
over the amount included in the
budget for the past fiscal year.
Raise in Salaries.
In view of the advanced price
almost every necessity, and of the
high cost of living in general, sal
aries for many Of the city officials
have been given a slight boost In
the budget which has just been com
pleted, $4,000 is set aside for the
salaries of the mayor and city
council Last year, this item figured
at $1,000.
Recently the salary of the mayor
was raised from 1925 per month to
$3.50 per month and the compensa-
tion Of the city councilmen was
raised from $50 to 500 annually
Therefore, II was necessary to swell
the amount in the estimate.
Salaries Of the city clerk, city
treasurer and other officials were
given slight boost, due the enor-
nous advance in the cost of living.
Following are the estimates for the
various departments and also the
amount set aside for these purposes
during the past fiscal year:
City clerk, $1,8OO-last year,
$500.
City treasurer, $1,SOO-rlast year,
$1,5OO
City engineer, $1,000. This office
was not created until the Begin
ming of the present fiscal year, and
therefore no appropriation for such
purpose was necessary in the bud
get last year
City attorney, $1,OSO; last year,
same amount
City Superintendent of Health,
81 ,0S0 last year, 1864.
Police department, $4,000; last
year, $96768O
The above items constitute the
entire salary account, says e. G
Reynolds, city clerk.
$22,84e for Fire Department.
The estimate for the city fire de-
partment is much larger this year
than last, due to the fact that the
state legislature passed a law en-
forcing all fire departments in cities
of the first class to install the
''two-platoon" systems in their fire
This necessitates the
employment of several additional
firemen.
1t is estimated that $22, $4,000 will
be the amount necessary to finance
the fire department during the fis-
cal year Last year the amount set
aside for the fire department was
s17,71L9S. Other items included in
The budget and the figures in the
1918 estimates follow: t
Street lighting account, $1O,25O. t
ast year, $S,9OO
Street department, $14,442.9O; last
year $7,s45.
Cemetery account, s2,67O; last I
year, $4,000. 1
Library, $2,494; last year, $1,956.
Water department, $S2,9S195; last
year.. s25,16O. i,
Contingent and supply or general
$11,31S. This includes t
Ill office supplies for city attorney, t
,lerk, engineer, treasurer and may c
IF; coal taxes. etc. 1
Levy Below Mills.
1t is estimated in the budget that +
he amount of income from sources b
,ther than ad valorem tax will be o
$50, ,665.59, including a balance of ap 0
$4,000 from last years
appropriations. N
According to these figures, it will p
,e necessary to raise $6S,55O.26 by "
axation. The limit of six mills tax N
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