The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-02-05
Figures on Income,
Outgo Giuen by Clerk
Council Asks Classified
Salary Schedule be
Compiled.

| The city viii have 25,490.46 per
month upon which to operate for the
rest of the year, Clerk A. o. Knutson
reported to the council Tuesday in
outlining city finances in detail.
This excludes fixed charges, which
were deducted before the money avail
able for current expenses was deter
| mined.
From this monthly amount the city
must pay for all improvements or new
work, meet the city's share of WPA
and NYA projects, purchase any new
equipment, and underwrite any emer-
gency expenditures, Knutson said.
In pointing out that payroll increases
for 1912 totaled $4,000 Knutson said
in order to maintain these increases
all other city expenditures would have
to be cut $4,000 as compared with
1941
The payroll for 1912 is $2O9,412 (not
including two-day increase in time
given casual labor, and for 1941 it
was $191 ,887
Total income for 1912 was listed by
Knutson as $337,791 .03. including S113,-
600 from the water and light depart
ment, and $206,166 from taxation The
municipal court, assessments, various
other fees, $4,000 appropriation from
the county for the rural section of the
city library also add to the city in
come.
Fixed charges were listed as fol-
lows: Bonds and interest, $8,140; audit
contract, $700; Commercial club, S445O
includes $1,000 for staging the Min
nesota League of Municipalities con-
vention here in June; band and drum
corps, s4,58O; library, $7,625.39 (the
county appropriates $4,000 of this
amount; Recreation board, $1,88989:
two unsettled soldiers preference cases,
$287.84; firemen's relief $780,
Deducting the total fixed charge of
$28,663.12 and January expenses of s28,-
1924 from the revenue available for
the year, there are $3.50, 395.07 left for
the rest of 1912, according to the
clerks statement
While the council has not yet fol-
lowed the request of Mayor John
Kapsch in compiling a monthly or
three-months budget, the report of the
city clerk gives definite figure for its
members to follow
The council took initial action in
placing several important changes in
operation.
1t directed the accounts and finance
committee to work out a classified
salary schedule and submit it for con-
sideration at the first meeting in March.
On the committee are John NJ Maxi,
Toimi Ahola, and Gust r. Anderson.
City employees, it appeared, will be
given authority by resolution to be-
come members of the Public Employees
Retirement association, although final
action was delayed until the next
meeting. Employees discussed the prop
osition favorably last week, but no
definite recommendation was made
pending further study.
City Engineer Waino Somero was
asked to contact the WPA regarding
enlarging Ely's quota.
A meeting between the parks, grounds
and buildings committee and the Rec
lCdCAO1l WdS SSG lOI TtD. I'd W
discuss designating areas for summer
Fairgrounds and leasing the old golf
course for municipal course and
winter sports site. The committee is
composed of Edward E. Porthan, Ru-
dolph Tisovich and Ahola.
Labor in the street commissioners
department was increased from eight
to ten days on vote of 4-3, with Maxi,
who made the motion, Joseph Koschak,
Tisovich, and Porthan supporting it
on the roll call, and Mayor Kapsch,
Ahola, and Anderson opposing the
move.
After Paul BuccOwich, Jr., recon-
mended that the city authorize him
to erect a telephone line from the
water and light plant to the pumping
station on BURNSIDE lake, it was re-
vealed that the city had paid a total
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