The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1923-06-15
COUNCIL FACES
REAL PROBLEM
FOR FINANCES
Special Meeting to In
crease Levy Called for
June 29; Budget Is In
troduced.

The city council. at special meet
ing Tuesday evening. estimated thai
!, would cost sos. .620 to meet the city's
financial obligations during the com.
ing fiscal year. An estimate OF the
budget includes an appropriation oi
$4,000 for the municipal water works
swelling the budget estimate to 'S78,-
40 but as the water works are self
supporting and returns to the city any
monetary advance, the first figure,
s65o20, is in reality the sum which the
council estimates will run city busi-
ness.
The estimate made Tuesday evening
included $1,000 for tourist park pur-
poses and $4,000 for road building
and Improvement No sprinkling
fund was provided for in the budget
for the coming year, as sufficient funds
have accumulated in the sprinkling de-
partment the last few years to pay
for the sprinkling of the streets in
1928.
The following estimate OF expenses
for the next fiscal year was made on
Tuesday evening:
Mayor and council, 5000; city clerk,
s2,4OO; city treasurer, 500; city at
torney, $3.50; police, S4,s00; fire depart
ment 5000; city engineer and build
ing Inspector, $1,000; street lights, So,-
200; band (municipaD $3.50; gasoline,
$500; printing, $500; city health (phys-
ician and medicine) $3.50; city hall,
$1,000; rate hearing. $500; compensa-
ton insurance (employes) 5000; taxes
500; library, $4,000; cemetery, $500;
roads. sl7,5O0; water works (will re-
imburse city, $4,000; park $1,000.
The council again appropriated $500
for the use Of the Southern Idaho
Light and Power Users association to
continue the fight in the state public
utilities commission against the COM
pany's attempt to raise its property
valuation.
The ordinance to sanction the bud
get. which was estimated Tuesday
evening, will probably not be passed
until the last of July. The estimate
must be published in the city's offic-
ial paper four consecutive weeks be-
fore the ordinance can be passed How
ever, the budget must be passed some
time during the>first quarter OF the fis-
cal year. which gives the administra-
ton until August to pass the ordin-
ance. The estimate as made cannot
be increased according to law, al
though it may be lowered.
The audit OF the city's books dur
ing the past biennium was accepted
by the council at this meeting The
audit was made by Howard Smell OF
Nampa. The report will be published.
W. II. Blunt and Luther Mitchell
a committee representing the Com-
mercial club. and R. w. Oakes, Jr..
from the Retail. Merchants assoc'a-
ton, appeared before the council ask
ing that the council include III the
budget estimate a sum for the con
struction of more adequate and up
to-date tourist park.
Concession privileges for the
Fourth of July celebration were a.
warded the Commercial club.
The council sanctioned the IN
stallation OF an electric alarm bell IN
the office and the home OF the city
water superintendent which would
notify the superintendent when the
electric power at the pumps had been
shut off 1t was explained to- the
council that il the power pumps which
supply the city with water are per-
manently shut off. During the sum
mer months. when it is necessary
that the pumps run "a houo every
day to supply the demand for water,
II is extremely hazardous that the
pumps be shut off since It increases
the danger from the fire fighting
standpoint. The matter was left in
the hands OF +. T. Fucling.