Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-15
City Meeting Votes 16 3-4 Mill Tax
 Increase For Bremen and Policemen

City of Norwich last made, payable to the city tax collector on October Il, 1920, to meet the expenses of the cur renf fiscal year was voted by the city meeting held Monday evening in the town hall. The meeting voted all the regular items odn the list of estimated expenses, increasing West Thames street improve ment re-apPFopriatien from $6, 400 to s7,28o the item for the maintenance of the court house from s9,500 to S12,9a0, the item for election expenses from $1,000 to 1,Soa, and the contingent fund item from s10, ,5e4.9S to S12,09o.
 With the exception of the $30,oo0 ap- propriatien down for the North Main street and Boswell avenue roadway. which was tabled indefinitely all the ex- tras, providing for 8 street sweeper, in creases of a dollar a day for the fire men and policemen and public com fort station for women, were unanimous ly voted.
 The appropriations were made as fol- lows:
 Department of Public works-Ordi- nary repairs s45, 5,000; outside work, $5,- e8e garbage and ashes. s17,e00; sewers and catch basins, s4,200; macadam re- pairs, s14,0e0; oiling and sPrinkling s6, 900 parks and trees, s2 500; liability in surance S1,S7s.74; street signs $250 {; West Thames street improvement reap propriation $72o5.9o.
 ] Department of Ceneteries-s9,525. Fire Department-$54,950. Police Department-Salaries S44,103.- 2s; leave of absence. days monthly, $2,250; general expense, S2,oe0 street lighting S2s,000; city court s5,750. Health Department-$3,0 ,009. Gas & Electrical Department-Inter- est dh mortgage bonds, per cent S2o,- o0o; interest on s2S7,0O0 bonds per cent, S11,4se; interest on s225,Oeo notes, 5 per cent, $11,25o; interest on $73,00e notes, per cent. s4,3se; payment on temporary G. & E. loans, s1o,ooO; ex- pense of operation, maintenance. and ne- cessaFy permanent improvements $5lf . Sso.
 Park Department-s5,0 1000. Water DepaFtment-Interest, s24,637.- 50.
 Finance Department-Salaries and tax commission s5,50e; court house s12.9ee milk inspector S75o; election expenses $500; interest exclusive of water and G. &. E. depts, S2S.000.
 Loan of Sept IA, 1917, 5th install | ment, general street improvements, $5,- 200; loan of Sept. 23, 1918, 4th install ment, North Main street macadam s2,- | 0o0; loan of March IS, 1917, 4th install | ment, Thames street improvement, ST. | 800; fourth installment, G. & E. loan and l balance. S7,80695 temporary loan 1919 l 1920 S14,00o second installment O-5) West Thames street improvement, S4,- 1 800; temporary loans, S160,o00; contin- l gent, $1o,5o4.9S,
 Extra Appropriations Elgin street sweeper, STOOD; increase
 of pay, one dollar a day fer policemen, s1a455; increase of pay, one dollar a 1 day fer fremen, ss.s55 public comfort
 station for women, s1,20o. The meeting was a very harmonious one, there being but little objection
 raised to the appropriations on the list With the town hall well filled with rep
 resentatiye citizens of the city the meet | ing was called to order at o'clock by 1 His Honor, Mayor Herbert M Lereu, this | being the mayors first appearance in 1 his official capacity.
 1 After the warning had been read by | City Clerk William R. Frisbie, brief re- marks touching on the business before the meeting were made by Mayor Lerou
 The time has come, said the mayor when we are to take up our finnacial problems. As you are aware the esti-
 mates were made up by the outgoing ad- ministration. In looking them over can not see how they will stand pairing l The mayor Sdlu Lildl IL lISiS Hdo hN objection he would take the appropria-
 tions up item by item. There was no
 objection, and the appropriations were I then acted upon.
 Lincoln Avenue Maeadam.
 When the mayor reached the item of s14,Ooe for maeadam repairs, under the public works department, Edward Kirby
 offered a suggestion that the improvement I ctr fe Oneco street be included in this appre- 1 priation,
 The mayor said he was not familiar with the program the department of pub lie works has in mind and that the stree commissioner might be able to enlighteT the meeting as to whether or not thi: work could be included in the apPropri ation. Street Commissioner Fox said h' believed the work could be taken car, of by the appropriation. The appropri ation was. then voted.
 MT. Kirby then offered a motion tha
 the work of maeadamizing Lincoln avenu
 from Uncas street Oneco street be includ ed in the appropriation and the motion
 was carried.
 Oil Situation Not Encouraging
 When the 36,6D0 item for oiling am sprinlling was presented by the mayor , Lucius Brown inquired what the pros 7 poets are for the oiling of the street Street Commissioner Fox said the oi situation is very bad and that it is yer /; difficult to get oil. The appropriate t was voted.
 : The West Thames street improvement
 re-appropriation was down on the list a 5 S6,405.s0, On motion of City Engineer
 B, Palmer this amount was increase tn hn nf iror 60 . labor and the appropriation was vote :. as increased.
 Appropriations for the department C /; cemeteries, fire department, police de partment, health department and all bl . the last item under the gas and electri
 department were voted without question 7 As the item of s517.ss9 for the expens f of operation, maintenance and necessar - improvements to the gas and electri = plant showed an increase of somethin z under S2oo 00o csie figure for last yea
 being s342,51o, a question arose as {
 why the increase is necessary. ,l Daniel T. Shea, one of the gas an S electric commissioners, explained the ma e ter briefly. He said the receipts la! is year were about $454,9o0 and that tt 5. commissioners have hopes this year y swelling this amount to $575,o0e. W : can't spend more than we take in. sal a MT. Shea but we would like to have tt
 privilege of spending nearly the tot;
 amount asked for if we find it necessar The appropriation was voted.
 The park department and water d,
 partment appropriations were then vote
 and the finance department taken II
 The $500 appropriation for salaries an
 tax commission was voted and the cou
 house item of s95O0 came next.
 Mere Money for Court House