The copper era and Morenci leader., 1921-08-12
Board Of Supervisors and Taxpayers Committee Discuss Annual Budget for County Expenditures

committee for or against almost everything had appeared before the Board of Supervisors. Petitions for and against the same propositions bore the same names in many in- stances. A delegation would come from locality asking for the removal Cf a deputy, to be followed a few days later by a deelgation from the same place demanding that the deputy be retained. The Chairman continued firm in the belief that the proposals of the Taxpayers Committee should be heard in full and that the propos- als should first receive careful con- sderation before the Board took of ficial action. After a further heated debate and verbal clashes participated in at times by Chairman Kyle, Chair man Stanton, E. H. Green, A. R. Lynch. B. F. Billingsley, and Dan Lynch, the atmosphere cooled of, a better feeling all around was mani fested, and the committee proceeded to the reading of the recommenda- tions item by item.
 Below will be found a table in which is shown the proposed budget, as originally published, the recommends tions for reductions submitted by the Taxpayers Committee, and the bud get as finally adopted by the Board.
 The session which started at 1:S0 p. m lasted until 1O:30 p. m. without interruption. the committee and the Board working together over each item in the budget in the office of the Board of Supervisors long after the
 departure of majority who were first present.
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 the budget was discussed by item. county officials appeared in explana- tion of items in the budget affecting ther departments. Sheriff Bradberry and Undersheriff Grady were of tho
 opinion that the expense in the
 sheriffs office could be reduced by
 $2O00 the next year under the amount
 originally inserted in the budget Treasurer Collins thought his office expense could be reduced $400.
 The longes discussion arose over
 the estimated amount as carried in the budget for the completion of the Clifton,Springerville road. This item
 read $66 522.0O. The committee re-
 comended this be cut to $42,000 and , in addition that the amount of the = proposed levy for road maintenance
 be reduced by S10,00000. County
 Engineer McIlveen stated in his op-
 inion the reduction asked for by the
 committee on the Clifton-Springeryille
 Road was too much. He stated that
 the exact amount necessary was pro-
 blematical pending the completion of
 surveys this month, but the amount
 estimated in the budgea might be re- duced s10.0o0 but it would be more or less guess work in fixing the exact amount at this time.
 The final result of the meeting be- : tween the Taxpayers Committee and the board of Supervisors was a reduc- . tion of $11 ,5S0.00 from the budget as : first published. In addition to the above reduction an error was diScov- ) cred in the amount estimated for the
 Metcalf School district attention to ] which was called in a letter by the l County School Superintendent, which further reduced the budget by ST.535. s making the total reductions $19,115.0 .00. 9 But no sooner had this been accom- plished when telegram arrived from r the office of the State Superintendent
 of public Instruction at Phoenix an ;. nOuncing that on account of reduced }, valuations this year by the state Board of Equalization to reduce the e amount of State Aid to the County j. School Fund for this county from e $66,007 as carried in the budget to d $56.520, amounting to S9,4S7. Taking e this item into consideration the net e reducton in the budget was finally s $9,62S0O
 s The budget originally called for a e levy to raise the sum of S572,331. .62 O for county and district school pur k poses for the fiscal year 1921-22.' De II, ,,,1l Il of Mondays meeting, the amount ne L. cessary to be levied now stands al U S562, ,703.62, which sum is $97 1865; o less than was actually expended | for the purpose last fiscal year. the e biggest saving being the reduced es nl timate of running our school system t this year.
 The following table shows the orig L. inal proposed budget, recommends tions for reduction, and final actioI by Board.