The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-26
CITY AUDITOR
 RECOMMENDS
 HIGH TAX RATE
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 MT. Heating also tells the board in many departments and wants them discouraged. In passing to the school requisttion of $2,500,000 for new buildings MT. Heating says this must come from a bond issue and as the city can only borrow $420,000 and not exceed the legal limit set, he recommends that this amount be given to the school board for new build ings.
 MT. Heating also recommend that the teachers be given @ 25 per cent. increase in salary irrespective of the State bonus which is promised them. He points out that the legislature ought to provide this and probably will when the next session is held. The raise is to affect all teachers, off, cials and employees, and to take ef- feet on April 1, 1920.
 He does not recommend anything for new sewers, pointing out that S1, ,0O0, 900 is available from bond issues for this work. The sum of $2.000,000 was authorized as the bonded indebt- edness for this work and only $1 1,000,- 900 has been used.
 The auditor says that in 1917, $725,- 900 was provided for the city to bor- row for use in park work and $2O5,O0O of this can still be borrowed and he says that the extensions for one year at least should be kept within this amount
 He points out that the council has not increased the salary limit of the police and fire department and says he has no right to exceed or antici- pate their action and leaves it to the board to act if an increase is provided by the council. He points out that the number of arrests, amount of crime and work that the police de- partment has to do has been material ly cut down by the prohibition amend ment and he says that the time is nearly here if not already ripe to cut down the expenditures of the police, city court, jail, county home, and charities department. The common council is also blamed for the failure of the fire department raise to be acted on.
 In the First district MT. Heating provides that S3,517,044.36 should be provided as appropriations for the coming year. Among these are: Am bu1ance and emergency, $23,450; city dispensary, s50,112; city hall, $1S,- O85.4O; collectors office, $19,094.20; county tax, $85,0o0; garbage disposal s85,000; health, $211, PAS; health and charities building, S35,507; interest On debt, $157,63S.75; library fund, $103,000; national guard tax, S43,000; police, $7,000; recreation board. $50,- 770.43; school notes, $13,000; care of schools, $1,54S, ,426.65; trade school care, $16,916.69; note for state tax, $235,255.64; tax collections deficit, s59,O0o; deficit notes. $194,o00.
 Exclusive of taxes the city auditor estimates that receipts from this dis trict will amount to $2S2,o0o. This leaves S3,235, ,044.36 to be raised by taxation in this district on a grand list of $238, 8,ooO,O0o, making the tax rate 14.2 mills.
 In the second district a partial list of the appropriations recommended ey the auditor are as follows: City engineer $40,000; city court S21,70O; fire department $545,s70.56; specials terest on funded debt $3S5, 1875; land damages s55, 5,000; lights s121,7O2.26; park department $100,O00; specials for the park board s4S,2O0; polic3 3,2S5.S2; police building $15,SS7; salaries S24, street cleaning $128,- 900; deficit notes S106, ,000; redemp- tion notes, s100,000; making a. grand total of $3,519, ,366.17 in the second district.
 He estimates that s663,5O0 will be the revenue exclusive of taxes in this district making a total of S2,S55,- S66.17 to be raised by taxation of a grand list of s236,5OO,0OO. A tax rate of 12.6 mills will effect this.
 In the first district MT. Keating es- inmates that $s1,0O0 will be received from the issuance of refunding bonds and in the second district S601,000 will be issued to bring revenue to the city.
 The sum of s275 1000 will also have to be provided to meet current ex- penses not covered in acquisitions. S157, ,63S.75 is the interest on bonds and notes. in the first district. In the second district $24,450 must be provided for salaries.