The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-08
Councillnen Defer
Payment OF Own
Salaries For Year
ACTION VOTED LAST
NIGHT; M E E TING
LASTED FIVE HOURS
WITH MUCH ACTION

EAVSAoAAhiti9 Aue sincerity OF
the platforms upon which they
ran for office. a majority of City
Councilmen last evening in reg
ular meeting voted to defer col
lection of their salaries until
january l. 1871.
Councilman Ralph Boyden in
troduced the subject-calling at
tention to the business and
economy platform" upon which
most of the councilmen had as
pired to office. The effort would
be made to concentrate on bring
ing the city to a nearer debt-free
condition with this move, al
though it was specifically desig-
mated in the motion that passed,
that the action was entirely
voluntary.
Councilman Carbonell and
Brinton made additional gestures
towards effecting economies by
suggesting that the council. vol
unteer to- work for nothing, or
for "$l.00 per year.. It was
pointed out, however, that pres
ent charter regulations make no
allowance for such procedure.
The mayor was included in the
voluntary move eff willing.
The process will be to refuse
cash for salaries henceforth until
the specified date, at which time
the councilmen may determine
what disposition they will make
of the accumulated warrants in
dividually.
The vote of the action was five
to two councilmen Boyden,
Brinton, Carbonell, Ramsey and
Freeman, asserting, councilmen
Grillon and Sweeting voting no.
No one present at last nights
session could remember the time
when such seriousness of thought
was present in council discus
sions. Starting at 7:30 o'clock,
the council continued in session
until nearly half an hour after
midnight. More than forty mat
tiers were handled by reference
to committees or disposed of i'm
final action.
Budget Passed
Budget for 1910 was passed in
final form, following certain re-
visions made following the spe-
cial meeting held November q.
Total budget now rests at $97,-
ALB, on total millage of 31k.
Divisions are as follows-General
Revenue, $23,176.31, General
Revenue, special, S3,86272, Pub
lie Welfare, $1,O53.47, Fire De-.
partment, $14,O46.25, Board of
Public Works, $11,939.31, Indebt-
edness, S14,O46.25; Debt service,
$29, 317.0O.
Income for the month of No
vember was reported by city
auditor Charles Roberts. Fines
and Forfeitures Melted, $l70.
Aquarium balance was $72.29.
Building permits. $3.50. Revenue
accounts total, $8,45623. divided
General Revenue, $4,823.27, spe-
cial, $371.32, Indebtedness,
S61418. Board of Public Works,
s641.54, Bond Refunding. $789.19,
/. & S. account, $18289, Judge
ments, $307.58, Street paving,
$10l.26, WPA projects, $625.00.
Transfer of $4,000 balance in
the Chalmers judgment account
was made to the Jenkins ac-
count, in that the former judg-
ment had been settled.
Partial payment of taxes was
recognized by the council, al
though the deadline date of June
first was not removed. Discounts
were specified. All taxes are due
January first. All machinery was
set in motion for collection Of
taxes.
The present policy of demand
ing payment of personal prop
erty taxes upon application for
occupational taxes was continued,
although much discussion brought
out the lack of relation between
the two taxes.