New Britain herald., 1924-02-15
|22 MILL RATE ]. K.
 i. FOR FINANCE BOARD
Approves Budgets as Submitted by Committee OH Pruning"

A budget providing a tax rate of
 22 mills on a grand list of s95. .50o.o00
 and estimating income at s2.367,15O
 and expenditures at s2.367,0S5.75. was
 approved by the board of finance and
 taxation last night when it accepted,
 in toto. the report of its pruning
 committee.
 Adoption of this budget will be rec
 commended to the common council
 next Wednesday evening and if favor
 able action is taken, Mayor A. NJ. . Paonessa will make plans for ses- sion of the city meeting board.
 Following adoption of the budget last night, Chairman Edward r. Hall , reported that the finance committee Of the school board had asked for q , hearing on the installation of a cafe
 feria in the Senior High school. the cost Of which would be s5.00O. The chairman said he had advised mem- bors Of the committee that the money was not available and it would be use- less for the committee to present its petition.
 Appropriations For Schools
 Appropriations aggregating sSgS.- 950 were voted the school committee. this being s2e,45o more than allowed this year. A cut of s7.0O0 was made in the item for teaching day schools. making the net s615,0oO: ianitors supplies was cut from s2.500 to s2,- ooo: open air supplies was cut from sS,000 to s2,S00; kindergarten sup plies item was cut from si.noo to s90o: for the school health program. sli.000 is allowed this being sS,200 less than asked: the attendance bu- reau item is cut to s5.70o. being si,- 500 less than asked: s460 was cut from the salaries item, leaving it at SIC, 900; $500 is cut from the print ing item. making it s2,500 1000 is cut from the evening schools item. making it sii,o00; $1 900 is cut from the supplies item, leaving it at sis.- 900: the textbook item is cut from sl4.000 to sl2,000: library and ap- paratus Is put at s?,OO0. a $500 cut: S2, 1000 is cut from the furniture item, leaving it at ss,O00; s30,0o0, or s5,- 900 less than asked, was allowed for fuel; sS,o0o is allowed for miscellan- eous expenses this being a s2.060 cut; s2.o0O was allowed for retaining wall at the Monroe school.
 The public works department is al- ] lowed s15l.200. the cuts being: Auto mobile. sS50; city map. s250: clean Ing catch basins s2.oo0: cleaning ] streets and pavements, s2,o0o; cross l walks, s2OO; engineers expenses. $500; . street repairs s4.o00; macadam re- 1 pair s4.Oo0; oiling streets, si.oo0: i s90o: salaries. s2.oo0: semi l permanent repairs, si,000; snow and 1 Ice, s5.ooo; new tools, se,500. AL l owance is made for sl 1000 10 finish eosl at the American Hardware cor 1er.
 An item ot ss,50 is allowed for Monroe street flood relief, but the l.in- wood street relief item is cut out. ] ! itO.0o0 is allowed for macadam while ! ,35.2oo was sought For permanent ! pavement sa6,ooo is allowed.
 For the fire department, sts7.3So E allowed. The board allows st5,250 or new 75o gallon triple combina- ion bumper and chemical. Automo- ,Ile repairs are cut from si,4n0 to [ II 200. and automobile equipment rom st.957 to sl.So0. Fire alarm ystcm estimate is reduced from se.- 75 to S3,G90 and new equipment rom si.g9S to sl,823.
 The charity budget was not touch-