The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-10
City Grants
Pay Boosts
ForEmployes

last minute. but they decided not
70 change anything.
After hearing an the en-
ploye representative make
final appeals. Mayor Cain took
the touchy budget problem In
hand and moved adoption Of u
NJ . total figure Of fio.6ss.-
GAIT.
AZ in some previous council ses-
SONS when motion has been
made. silence followed II.
Nothing Happened
Nothing seemed TO happen.
While the audience. the press and
the mayor listened intenfly. FL
nance Commissioner Fawcett,
Works Commissioner Berger>en.
Safety Commissioner Langseth and
Utilities Commissioner o'Neil FUN
bled gently with budget pages.
Finally the mayor said the mo-
ton had been moved and seconded
and called for q vote.
City Clerk Genevieve Mar
tin recorded that Commits
sioner O'NeiI seconded the
motion.
She was in a position to see his
lips move.
In grand total. the 1e4s
budget II far under this years
figure Of s2o.5s7.s7s.s7. That
Includes. however, the s1i.-
600, 900 bond issue for the
Second Nisquaily power de-
velopmenf.
Discounting that, the coming
years total exceeds this years by
approximately si.10o.000.
Because most of the Tacoma
budget Is based upon self-support-
ing utilities, the actual sum TO be
raised by taxation for next year
in 1922, 404.4s. according to analysis
by City Controller L. w. caig.
He will certify TO the county
for that purpose . levy Of
1s.t7 mills, TO be levied against
q new assessed valuation total
Ing S5S.7S0.6l6. Last years
levy amounted 10 1883. The
reduction In due TO reduced
amounts necessary for bond
redemption and debt payment.
largely the result Of better re-
turns this year on delinquent
tax payments
The coming years total levy Is
made up Of is mills for the gen.
eral fund. 1872 mills for redemp-
ton Of bonds. IS mills for interest
on bonds. 81 mills for the LID.
guaranty fund.
The smaller levy win raise
$500 more than last yeTs
from taxation.
Out of the new budget will come
funds for 20 additional men on
the permanent payroll Of the
police department bringing the
total force to 134, excluding cooks.
The fire department will receive
five more men.
But there won't be any new fire
trucks as were asked almost des-
perately when budget discussions
began.
Raises run from $40 TO more
than $40. but generally will be
around SIS per month. Police Off
GERS will receive that. with the ex-
ception OF motorcycle officers. who
were given $40 to allow for the
additional uniform expense Of their
jobs.
Highest raise apparently will
20 10 common laborers, who
win jump from si20 to STAT
per month.
The protested wage differential
between truck drivers of different
departments remained in the final
budget.
Drivers in the utilities depart
ment will be paid $3.50 per day;
In the garbage department ss.e7,
and the works department. $3.50 .
month. figured on a basis of Fl
days work.
The average raise over the
city payroll. according 20 the
controllers figures. win be q
little more than eight per cent.
Speaking in protest before the
commissioners took their final vote
were Harry Satterlee. for the
Transfers union: Chester Raleigh,
for the auto mechanics at the
municipal shops; E. c. Barnard. for
the city clerical workers: Mike
O'Connell. for the technical engi-
neers and craftsmen. and L. ].
Trailer. for the international