The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-22
BUDGET FIGURES
 BEING EXCEEDED
 IN CITY ACTIVITIES
Comptroller Issues Report Showing Financial Status of Departments on
 June 30

Budget appropriations for the de- partment of public properties and utilities have been exceeded thus far during the fiscal year ending Sep tember 30 by expenditures totsling s21,935.se, according to the report or the city comptroller issued yesterday, showing a comparison of expenditures against budget appropriations for the nine months ending June 30.
 In one division of the work of this department, which is headed by Commissioner J. Ellis Brown, the re- maining portion of the budget allow ance for 1921 will just cover salaries for July. Expenditures for parks through June 30 total sSo,s670S, against budget appropriation of ss22So,10.
 Through the expenditure of s6,- 264.3o in excess of the special appro- priation of s15,000 for the Ensley swimming pool, the budget for parks and the zoo has been decreased to s3S,73 for the year, the report shows. A balance of $2, ,16S.63 re- mains to pay salaries and expenses for the remainder of the fiscal year, three months.
 East Lake park is losing money and has exhausted the budget ap- propriation for the entire F months. Expenditures through June 80 were S29,S1S57, while the appropriation was only s15.675.0s.
 Playground expenses were $S,0Ie.S2. $7S3.47 above appropriation made for this item. The municipal band cost $515.S7 more than the budget pro- vided for, while community singing was s75.01 under the budget figure. Street lighting expenditures were kept under the budget appropriation during the nine months just past Expenses were s3S,224.S5, while the appropriation was $40, 800. The North Birmingham waterworks plant ex- penses were sS3S54.25, exceeding | the appropriation by $3,111.74. Expenses of the Ensley natatorium have been kept under the budget ap- propriation, expenditures having 1 been $4,71S.6i as compared with an allowance of S5,I54. These figures are for June, the first month of operation
 | Expenditures at East Lake park
 were S7,41S.S7, representing an excess | over the budget, S there were no funds available for the park after June 1. The appropriation has been
 exhausted and exceeded.
 Park and zoo expenditures in June
 were $5,905,46, leaving only $2,76S.63
 to meet expenses for the rest of the | fiscal year, starting from July l. As | already outlined, July salaries will practically exhaust this amount 1 Excess of expenditures over appro- | priations in MT. Browns department
 in June was s11,T3s.s6 Expenditures
 were sS7,5s5.60 and appropriations s25,S46.74
 Besides the annual budget appro- priation, two special appropriations
 have been made for MT. Browns de- partment. One was for the Ensley pool, amounting to s15.000. This was exceeded S6,264S0, necessitating a re- 1 auction in the parks and zoo budget.
 Another special appropriation of $5,- 900 was made for the Avondale zoo. Other Departments l Other departments of the city gov
 ernment are in fair shape, one com missioner, H. P. Burruss, in charge of public improvements, being with | in the figures of his appropriation. | For the nine moAths' period the department of general administra- 1 ton, headed by Dr. N. A. Barrett.
 president of the commission, showed
 an excess of expenditures over ap-