Great Falls tribune., 1922-03-14

pointive officers, with the exception of
one, the budget ordinance authorizing
the appropriation Of 1881 $3.50 for
city purposes and $109,962.5 80 for pub
lie utility purposes, was adopted Mon
day night by the city council on first
reading. 1t will become effective the
first Monday in May and will be op-
erative until the first Monday in May,
1928.
The council also adopted the recon-
mendations of the ways and means
committee calling for a cut in the sal
aries of the members of the police and
fire department, the clerk Of the water
office and the foreman of the boule
ward department. The report of the
committee did not state when the new
i've, but it is understood that it will
become operative along with the new
budget.
Budget Reduced
The new budget is lower than the
present one by between $4,000 and
$4,000. The reduction is entirely con-
fined to slashes in the salaries of en-
ployes. Only one increase in salary
is provided in the budget. The monthly
compensation of the police magistrate
is to be increased from $50 to 500.
It was reduced last spring from S155
to the present salary.
The budget for city purposes only
is less than the estimated amount OF
From all Of the various sources, it is
estimated that the city will receive
revenue amounting to $333. $3.50 The
source returning the largest revenue
is the general tax, which. the council
has estimated. will yield $250,OO This
figure is based on a 1S1h mill levy on
a valuation Of $14,5O0OOO.
$4I, ,060 for General Government
The total of appropriations for gen
eral government, which includes sal
aries and expenses, is $4,000. The
total is made up Of $4,000 for execcu-
tive purposes, $500, clerks office;
$500, treasurer's office; $500, en-
gineer's office; $1,95O, city attorneys 8
office; 500, building inspectors Of
fiee; $1,000, general ssIo supervision: $500 $S
plumbing board, and $61O, purchasing
department.
Appropriations for the protection of
life and property include the police de-
partment, $37 600; police court. ST $50;
Identification bureau, 81, 100; prisoners
board, $500: city pound, $500, and
fire department, $4,000. The total is
$1O3,O5O.
Appropriations for health and sani-
tation total $40, 100. The appropriations
include $1,000 for city and county
public market, 5000; sewer mainten-
ance, $500; and garbage removal,
$25,O The total appropriation for
education is $4,000, which goes to the
public library. Funds authorized for
recreation. which includes parks and
Fairgrounds and the natatoriuIn, total
$26, 500.
> $44,575 for Highways
The appropriation for highways,
streets, bridges and street lightning is
S44575. The municipal appropriation
for the city scales and garage is $4,000.
The amount Of $4,000 is authorized
for public improvements and $37 ,977 80
10 take care of the interest on bonds
and warrants.
Appropriations for public utility
purposes total $1O9,962.5O. This total
includes $4,000 for the operation and
maintenance of the water department.
$4,000 for new construction and
S29.962. so for the interest on the bond
ed debt.
Salaries of the officers of the city
as fixed in the budget are:
Mayor, $500 per year; aldermen,
s. for each council session; city treas
urer, $3.50 month: city clerk, $500
month; city engineer, $500 month;
secretary of the board of health Zone
half paid by the county,, $21666; sani-
tary policeman and garbage inspector
Zone half paid by the county,. $175:
purchasing agent, $50; city attorney,
$16O: chief of police, 5000; captain of
police, $17O; sergeant of police. S16O;
chief jailer, $3.50; police magistrate,
500; inspector of the bureau of iden-
tification tone half paid by the county,
S16O; chief of the fire department,
$3.50; assistant chief of the fire de-
partment, $165; street commissioner,
S16Q; registrar of the water office,
$3.50; street foreman, $175; market
master (duties Incorporated with
boulevard superintendent, $50; pound
master. $50: and the city weighmaster
81 day, holidays excluded.
Police Salaries
Salaries recommended and adopted
in respect to members of the fire and
police department are:
Police patrolmen, $135; assistant
Jailers. S135: captains of the fire de-
partment, $155; lieutenants of the fire
uepaT LheHt, Pm, Ilremen, SI50; clerk
in the water office. $3.50; and foreman
Of the boulevard department, $145.
The contracting firm of S. Birch &.
Sons was awarded the contract for the
paving of Second avenue north. from
Nineteenth to Twenty sixth street, the
council accepting the low bid of S41,-
1868 submitted for Warrenite- btu
lithic on a crushed stone base. This
type of pavement, according to pe-
tition presented by Alderman X. r.
johnson, was the choice Of g. per
cent of the interested property owners
and was approved by the school and
park boards, both of which control
property in the improvement district.
A surety bond for $4,000, covering the
contract, was approved by the coun-
Gil
Because of the fact that lowest bid
der for the construction of concrete
sidewalks during the coming fiscal
year failed to submit for the approval
of the city engineer samples of the
material to be used, the council voted
to withhold the contract until this is
done. Fagenstrom Brothers Contract
ing company submitted the lowest bid,
which was $3.50. The firm of Nil
son & Smith was awarded the con-