The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-22
S325,O53 is NEEDED
FOR 1923 EXPENSES
CITY BUDGET SHOWS

Discussion of the budget for the
coming year occupied members of the
city council at a special meeting held
at the close of the regular session
Monday evening, in the board of works
room Of the city hall. Estimates of
various department heads were sub
mitted and were turned over to City
Controller Webster Parry.
The total amount of money needed
for the 1928 budget as seen in the ten
tative budget prepared by city officials
and City Controller Parry show that
S325,053 will be needed to run the city
for the coming year
Figures for the budget follow:
Department of Finance.
Mayors office: Salary of mayor,
$4,000; office expense and supplies,
500; members of the common council,
salaries, $500; clerks office, salary
of clerk, $1,000; office expense and
supplies, 800; controllers office, sal
airy of controller, $500.
Office expense, supplies and clerical
help, $500; treasurer's office, salary of
treasurer, ex-officio, $1,000; salary
deputy treasurer, $500; office expense
and supplies, $3.50; general expenses,
salary county auditor, $500.
Salary sinking fund commissioners,
$500; sinking fund commissioners
bonds, $25; ground rent, school city,
$3.50; interest, $4,000; municipal
league dues and expense delegates
$780,
Department of Law.
Salary city attorney, $1,000; sundry
miscellaneous expenses, 500.
Department of Public Works.
Salaries of members of board, $4,000;
salary of clerk, $500; expenses OF
board, 5000; salary building inspector
$1,000; miscellaneous expense build
ing inspector, $50; legal advertising
$780, metered water, $2,400 public
lighting, 100000; public buildings, re
pair and expenses, $4,000; coal, city
building, $1,000; salary custodian city
hall, $1,000.
Engineers office, salary engineer
$500; salary assistant engineer
$1,000; salary, rodmen and inspectors
$4,000; office AMI sundry expense
800; city planning commission eX
penses, $1,000; salary, superintendent
of parks, $1,000; parks payroll, $4,000
band concerts, $3.50; cleaning lake
$3.50; sundry expenses, parks, s4,100t
toilets, $1,000; sewers, streets and al
leys, salary, street commissioner
$500; street commissioners payroll
$4,000; crushed stone, gravel. oil, tar
via, etc, $4,000; sundry expenses
$4,000; city's part public Improvement!
$4,000
Markets, salary inspector weights
and measures, $1,000; miscellaneou
expense $500; fire department, payroll
$35,112; new equipment and repair
$500; gasoline and OIL $3.50; miscel
laneous expenses and fuel, $500; fir
hydrant rental, S21 900.
Police department, payroll, $3S, $3.50
boarding prisoners, $3.50; flash-ligh
system. S4S6; sundry expense depart
ment, $4,000; city court, salary bailiff
1920; special judge, $3.50; sundry ey
pense, $50; bridge repairs. $4,000.
Public Health and Charities.
Salary, secretary board, $780, salar.
other two members, $780, salary, mea
Inspector, $1,000; salary dairy inspeC
tor, $1,000; salary sanitary inspector
$1,000; sundry expense board of healtl
$4,000; sundry expense dairy inspeC
tor, 500; collection of garbage, SO
$50; disposal of garthge contract
S1,250; miscellaneous expense crema
tory, $500; city physicians, $40; fue
for Home of Friendless Women, 5000
donation, Reid Memorial hospital, 81
600. Total S325,053.