The Raymer enterprise., 1921-11-03
COUNTY BOARD
FIXES TAX LEVY
FROM Tuesday Greeley Tribune

From tuesday Greeley Tribune
The county commissioners Of Weld
county completed the work OF making
the county tax levy Tuesday fore
noon. As soon rs the work WAS COM
pleted comparative table OF the
1920 and the 1921 leyies was rrepar.
ed for publication by Ira |. Sides.
clerk Of the commissioners This
comparison is published BY the rrib-
bune-Reublican. On the face OF II
the comparison is misleading and is
unfair to the county administration
unless the following !sc.s are taken
into consideration.
First, by the new tsachers mini
mum salary law the commissioners
are compelled to replace the old half
mill general school levy which in
1899 raised s5s.6S3 with school
levy Of 2.9i nils wa'ch will raise
$364.305.S6. tbs layy is Sufficient
to pay ever public school teachet
in the county. not including special
teachers. a minimum salary Of SIS
per month employed. The fund will
be distributed to the los school dig
tricts in the coInty. The commits
sioners do not have any choice but
to make this compulsory levy.
II the school districts are econom-
ically managed there should be q
reduction in the levies Of school taxes
througout the county aggregating
closely to the difference between the
old half mill levy and the new coun-
ty school levy. However the reduc-
tion will not be uniform throughout
the county. Districts which have
been economical In hiring and pay
ing teachers are penalized by the
new law.
Subtracting the school leyies
from both the 1891 and. the 1920 TO-
tails shows that the comparative lev
les for expenditures over which the
commissioners have control are
.oOs4l for 1921 and .o06Ss for 1920.
while the amounts raised for county
expenditures ,.sxclusive- Of school
funds are S755.041.0l in 1921. and
ss0l.s17.43 in 1920.
Comparison Of the other fund levies
shows very slight increase .00005
in the county fund for 1921. an in
crease Of .O0000s In the poor fund,
no change in the contigent fund. an
increase OF .00056 in the roads and
bridges fund. reduction Of one-half
In the advertising fund. a reduction
OF approximately 40 per cent In the
mothers compensation fund, a reduc-
tion Of 10 per cent In the permanent
improvement fund, comlete elimina-
tion OF the permanent bridges levy
which in 1920 raised $124,409 and
the establishment OF one new fund,
the county fair fund with a levy Of
.00011 which will raise $12,957.02.
The roads and bridges fund this
year will have to bear not only all
the bridge maintenance and road
maintenance and construction costs
but also all new permanent bridge
work. From this fund It is also hop
ed to save money to retire the regis
tered warrants which will have to be
issued to finance the heavy expendi-
lures caused by the food disasters
OF June, 1921. The foods cost the
county close to s15O.OOO on roads
and bridges.
The past year the county's only
contribution towards the county fair
was thru the advertising fund. The
special county fair levy made this
year is to be spent In providing a
permanent home for the fair and to
assist In financing the 1922 premium
list and other current expenditures.
II will be noted that the state
levy has been increased .8S Of one
mill. an increase in amount in Weld
county Of $1O5,127.75.
In making their estimates for the
coming year the commissioners were
obliged to take into consideration the
cost Of the next general election
which runs close to $4,000 and
comes out of the general fund. Bar
ring another food or other catas-
trophe they plan on the regular
functions Of the county government
another year at saving close to
100000 over the past year.
COMPARISON or COUNTY /