The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-09-07
President Predicts Body viii
Adjourn Immediately, De-
spite Law Says Action on
Next Years Tax Levy
Must Be Made Tonight.
MEANS PRESENT RATE
OF $1.055 IN EFFECT
Thompson Does Not Favor
Change - Opposes Pro-
posed Salary Increases
Committee to Consider
Sanitary Levy.

City council will meet to-
night and adjourn Immediately
without consideration of the
1926 budget, Ben H. Thompson,
president, predicted today.
Thompson expressed the opinion
that adjournment would occur re-
gardless Of the statement OF Will
liam Bosson, city attorney, that
council must act on the budget to-
night or the 1925 financial statement
will prevail next year.
1T would be all right with me if
the 1925 budget stood during 1926"
Thompson declared. There are thir-
ty or forty salary increases in the
1926 budget I don't approve, any.
way"
Committee Meets
John E. King, finance committee
chairman, said that committee would
meet today to peruse the 1895
budget.
There's not much use Of meet
Hng," he said. "All the councilmen
Wknow what's in the budget
Council received the budget Aug.
II. It was consigned to the finance
committee then. Today's meeting
will be the first the committee has
held to consider the appropriations
amounting to nearly $5,OOO,o0
King said he favored final con.
sideration of the budget at tonight's
meeting.
Possible Increase
If the 1925 budget holds for 1925,
city taxes will be increased one
fourth Of one cent. The 1925 rate
was $1.055 while Mayor Shank and
Joseph L. Hogue, city controller,
whitfield down next years estimate
to $1.0525.
Whether council will act in the
alleged board of works inquiry is
problematical. No meetings have
been held by the special investigat-
ing committee for two weeks and the
opinion is that there will be nothing
to report to the body.
City officials have expressed the
view that the investigation has
blown over" but irate councilmen
may not agree to purported efforts
Of their colleagues to lull to sleep
the inquiry.
Consider Recommendations
King said the finance committee
will consider the recommendation of
a subcommittee Of the committee on
civic affairs Of the Chamber of Com
merce that levy of 615 cents be
made for the board Of sanitary COM
instead of the s. cents
allowed by Mayor Shank
Board members have declared the
additional levy is essential to op-
crate the $3,000.000 sewage disposal
plant, recently completed, but Shank
has said he has heard similar hard
luck stories from the board in years
gone by.
Council has initial authority in
setting the boards levy, according
to board members, inasmuch as the
law provides the body shall desig.
nate a levy Of cents.
Want Park Levy
Park board lobbyists, led by r.
Walter Jarvis, park superintendent,
will attend the session to preserve
the uevy Mayor Shank increased
from to cents at their request
They have asked members Of com.
munity clubs and other organiza
tions to bolster their strength at
the session.
Joseph L. Hogue, city controller
plans to submit again an ordinance
appropriating $500 to the motorcycle
repair fund of the police department,
rejected during the period of the
councilmanic rebellion a few weeks
ago.