The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-28

function as a collector as the duties of hts office require him to function
 as a receiver of taxes until Jam
 uary 1st.
 Page 42. Section 74. A provision
 is made that no bonds shall be sold | until an appropriation shall have been made and only that amount of bonds shall he sold AS shall be re-
 quired for the appropriation. This I eliminates the practice existing here
 tofore to sell the entire issue of the bonds when only a part was required
 for immediate necessities.
 Section s3. Page 4S. No improve | ment shall be ordered by any au- | thority until an app oprlation has been made for 1t and funds have
 been allotted and set apart for that purpose.
 Page 70, Section 92, provides that borrowings in anticipation of taxes
 shall not exceed 70Ro of the ,uncol- l lccted amount and shall be paid | back before the first day of June
 and the first day of December fol-
 lowing the date of making said loan, and further excludes the amount of any deficiency appropriation from consideration in estimating the amount of uncOllected taxes to be
 borrowed against.
 Page 52, Section 98, provides for the manner in which the sinking funds can be used. The first charge upon said fund is the payment into the city treasury of an amount equal to the cash deficit established by the audit of tho preceding fiscal year; thereafter, to pay the floating in- debtednesS of the city. Such a float ing indebtedness should not here after occur with the safeguards that have been provided, as borrowings to the sRtent of only 70M of the estimated receipts from taxes can be made and as repayment of such loang must be made by June 1St and December 1St, respectively. There after. provision is made for the pay ment of bonds from the accumula- ton of these funds from May 1st to November 1st of each year. This ar- rangemcnt should eventually result in q reduction in the fnillage rate. A further provision forbids the rnak- ing of appropriations from the sink ing funds to pay current expenses during any year.
 On Page 56, Section 108. The comptroller is constituted the pur- chasing agent for the city in all It's departments and no claim for any article furnished shall be paid un- less ordered by him. Each depart ment shall issue acquisitions for their requirements and whenever practicable. the comptroller shall obtain competitive bids. Under this arrangement, central purchasing agency is established and I feel that with this arrangement, 1t will be possible to purchase more advan- tageously the articles needed by the various departments of the city through group buying.
 On Page 70. Section 1G4. An en- tireiy new system is set up for the office Of town clerk. A salary has. been provided for the office and all the income from the operation of to the city. This should make for large saving to the city and should add to It's income. At the present time. under the fec system. 1t is nec- cssary for tho city to pay to the town clerk large sums of money, amounting to thousands of dollars annually for the recording of liens and other necessary papers. It will now be possible to have these re- corded without any charge to the city and the taxpayers should ben- eft thereby and from any surplus that may accrue from the ordinary operation of that office.
 On Page 9I, Section POS. This eliminates three captains and five lieutenants from the personnel of the department and when these of- fees become vacant by retirement or otherwise. they cannot be filled.
 On Page 104. Section 238. The commissioners of public works are to be appointed each two years in- stead of in the manner now pro- vided.
 On Page 109. Section PAY. Pro- vision has been made prohibiting the layout by individuals of any street or highway until they have received permission from the board of aldermen and shall file certain maps with the town clerk. No im- provemen are 10 be installed in any such street unless laid out in con- formity with such provision. This provision will eliminate wild cat de- velopment which has cost the city many thousands of dollars in the past and will mean that all future developments in the city must re- ceive the approval of our engineer ing department before any land on said streets is open to the public for sale.
 On Page l15. Section 2G2. The de- partment of public welfare shall tn- clude the children's home commits sion and carry on the work of both departments. In the interests of economy. we have operated under such plan for the past year and have been able to bring about re- duction in personnel and c saving in salary items.
 On Page 11s, Section 2Gs. The board of education Is established who shall be elected every two years commencing with next October. The power of veto of the votes. resolu- tons or other actions of that board is given to the mayor in the same manner as with the board of alder- men. The expenditure of money appropriated to the board of educa- ton iS made subject to the approval Of the board of finance.
 On Page 12g--park depnrtmcnt- tho only change made in this depart ment is the elimination of the man datory tax of fiye-etghths of one mill for park purposes. In It's place we have substituted that the board of aldermen shall appropriate . sum equal to five-eighths of mill less b%. This provision is made 90 that this appropriation will conform to ali other departments of the city.
 The special paving tax of one.half mill and the mill and one-half tax for school purposes have been elim- mated. The paving tax Is taken care of by appropriation as the city re- qulres such work and is provided for in the same manner as the other de. partments of the city.
 ln 1888 and 1t was thought best to eliminate it now as the school build lan 0~mnsaA. Ana AAAA