The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-23

I 0PP4VtG0 4V4 P1y0ASnb 4dSb 4uSl1t with particular questioning of the controller whether money due two score truckers had been listed on the warrants payable sheets.
 James P. Purcell holdover ac. countant, spoke for the controller in reply to Q question from Commis- sioner Judge about the matter, say- ing:
 "All the bills we have from the truckers up to the present time are listed"
 Commissioner Goss asked the con- troller point blank whether the lat- ter would recommend non-payment of the truckers until after the first of the year and MT. Rowland did not go into the proposition. The truck CTS were supposed to have been paid at not less frequent intervals than every two weeks and the controllers office had failed to pay some of the truckers for more than four weeks up until last night.
 The proposition of whether the city can borrow from bond funds, return the money after the first of the year, in order to obviate pay. ment of the g per cent penalty, was referred to the corporation counsel for ruling. The board received a re- port from the city engineer that $301 900 in balance from bond funds would not be required until May |, unless for some special project de- vised by the board of works. Inasmuch as there have been paid sums from the bond funds for sew CT work and there is 8 revolving sewer fund, with repayment to the city in assessments for both street layout and sewer construction, the proposition now is whether the city may not borrow against such assess ments to carry through current ex- penses after the first of the year. The controller and his financial agent, MT. Purcell, advocated pay ing the g per cent penalty by de- laying payment of the state and military tax, however, and Commis- sioner Judge reiterated that it dosent make sense.
 "The charter, Major,"' said Mir. Rowland.
 At this point. Commissioner Goss. without evident intent to be entirely serious, remarked to Ccmmissioner Judge about use of the bond money:
 Other people didn't think it made sense and now some of them are indicted for it."
 In spite of this, the Griffenhagen partner at the meeting discounted the proposition of the controllers for paying penalty interest when the city has money available in the same terminology applied by Com- missioner Judge-"It seems sense leSs," he remarked.
 ''It isn't our fault" the controller interjected at one time. A similar instance of charter re- quirement that the city refrain from use of available funds until later date is the case of the $383 GOO which must be included in liability for the 1889 budget as deficiency although money from the surplus resource sinking fund may be used to cancel this accumulation immediately after the first of the year.
 Report of October receipts to the surplus sinking fund show ed $S4, ,529.07, about $4,00O more than receipts for the past two months, bringing the total return to about $S85 .OOO, exclusive of the $71 900 bal- ance in the fund at the first of the year. With $30,0O0 for November and December, the fund will show total assets in excess of $500, 900 at the years end, as predicted by Mayor Hayes and Commissioner Goss, be- Titled by the controller and his aide.
 Transfer of $l2, 2,2si from the emer- gency relief fund in the welfare de- partment to food appropriation was approved as was transfer of funds in the city court to replace with- drawals made improperly to the con- tingency reserve fund.
 A resolution from Corp. Coyle post, American Legion, condemned the Griffenhagen recommendation relating to cut of teacher personnel and closing of schools. urging the board not to be 'penny wise, pound foolish" {" and that the recom- mendations of the teachers. them- selves, be considered in preference. At conclusion of the reading of this resolution, Mayor Hayes re- marked to City Clerk John P. Fitz- maurice:
 "Very well read" A similar resolution was received from John M. Hutchinson, local reaitoT.