The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-04
BOARDS REDUCE
ESTIMATES FOR
BUDGET NEEDS
Slight Tax Rate Cut for
Next Year Goal of
City Officials. q

Determined to make a showing by
reducing the civil city budget for
1885, city department heads have
turned over TO Evans Woollen Jr.,
city controller, budget requests
which may produce slight decrease
in the civil city tax rate for next
year.
Nearly every city official has
pruned departmental expenditures
in order to keep his requests the
same, or lower, than that of last
year.
Following a series of conferences
to be held by Mayor Reginald H.
Sullivan with department heads IN
the city controllers office in the
next few days. the requests are eX-
pected to be cut further.
The 1885 budget estimates will go
to the city council Aug. 20, where
they will undergo additional ADJUST
mentS, it was indicated
1t is known that the present city
administration hopes to terminate
its term of office with a record for
economical management and that
every effort will be made toward
keeping the new budget at the low
est possible figure.
Salaries for the coming year Will
remain the same as provided in the
current budget, it was understood.
Personal Increase Unlikely
Although some department heads
declare they are short handed, no
increase in present personnel is an
ticipated
Not more than three departments
in the entire city administration
will seek to increase their eXpendi-
lures for next year, it was learned.
Maurice E. Tenant, sanitary
board president, declared that the
sanitary district will require about
$4,000 more than the sum granted
last year. He explained that because
Of the increase in prices, the cur
rent expenses for his department
will soar.
Because it will be necessary to
purchase some new trucks for next
year, Wilbur H WinShip, street
commissioner will ask for a $4,000
increase, to come out of the saSo-
line fund. This item will not show
on the regular budget.
Park Board to Slash
Due to a sizeable appropriation
from the gasoline tax fund, the
park board hopes to make a re-
duction in the departmental budget
of at least 100000, it was learned
on good authority.
This reduction will lower the civil
city tax rate l cent
The 1885 park department re-
quests also show a reduction on the,
costs of materials and labor, but
there will be a slightly higher re-
quest for the recreation department.
Frank Mccarthy, works board
bookkeeper, said that the new city
lighting contract, which will be
signed next spring, may bring about
a considerable reduction in costs.
Economies will be effected in the
city garage and in the city building
maintenance department further to
reduce the works board budget, it
was learned.
George D. Yeazel, custodian of
bonds, declared that the Barrett
law department budget request runs
5 per cent lower than the current
figure. He attributes this reduction
mostly to the slashing Of expendi-
lures for supplies.
Two of the most costly depart
mentS in the city, the fire and po-
lice departments, will keep their
expenditures at the 1884 level, it
was learned.
Police Budget Unchanged
The police department expendi-
lures this year totaled S1,056916,
with an additional S19,357 appro-
priation for the police radio.
Due to the transfer of nearly
$4,000 from the police fund to the
Gamewel department for the
maintenance of traffic signals, the
police budget will appear slightly
lower for 1885, although the same
sum will be expended.
Fire Chief Harry E. Voshell said
that the $1,176,761 budget appro-
priation for this year has not been
pruned in the new requests. Due
to the rise in prices, departmental
activities will be curtailed slightly
he asserted.