The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-19
Charter Committee
 To Study Proposals
Several Recommendations Being Prepared for Pres-
 entation in l045 Session of General Assembly

most likely recommendation which will be furthered by presentation by city authorities before the session of the Assembly, next year include the following-all of which pertain to accountancy procedure:
 l. Redefining the respective duties of the Tax Collector and the Cor poration Counsel with respect to the collection of taxes, assessments and other recelvableS, to the end that primary responsibility therefore rests entirely with the Tax Collec- tor, and the corporation counsel is concerned solely with taking legal action at the request of the Col- lector.
 2. Ascertaining the extent to which 1t is desirable to conform to the provisions of Section 130 of the City Charter relative to the coiiec. ton of licenses, fees, etc., by the Tax Collector, for the purpose of establishing the internal control provided though literal compliance with this section.
 3. Obtaining from the Assembly an act validating the balance deter mined by the auditors and agreed upon by the tax collector, as to the amounts of taxes, assessments and water rents receivable by the city.
 4. Consider on amendment to sup plement the provisions of Sect. 64 as amended to permit the actual practice of collecting special sewer assessments in advance of levy whenever Q taxpayer is agreeable to pay for sewer connections before such connections have been author ized by the board of public works in the regular manner now pre-. scribed by charter.
 s. Consideration of an amend inent to the charter for purpose of removing certain anomalies exist- ing between the provisions of Sec- tons 5, 6, % and 30 thereof, rela- tive to the operation fund of the revolving working capital funds of the park and education departments with respect to the following:
 q. The use of such funds for de- fraying operating expenses and for purchase of supplies and equip- ment, without reference to on ap. provai of the city purchasing di- rector: and
 b. To define the procedure in re. lation to the daily deposit of cash receipts in said revolving funds and the Jurisdiction of the city treasur. CT, hereunder.
 It seemed likely, from reports learned, that city authorities would request that an amendment to the legislative ruling that the most re-. cent water bond indebtedness of the city, amounting to Sl,495,000 and issued q few years back, be includ- cd within the city's general bond indebtedness, be permitted to be listed as an indebtedness within it- self and therefore not subject to the debt limitation of per cent.
 At present this indebtedness is included within the general bond debt of the city as result of the restrictive clause placed by the legislature at the time of the is- suance of these bonds. At that time the late Mayor scully and late Controller Thomas Conlon ap- peared before the legislature and requested the issuance which was grantd on the stipulation that 1t be included with the general debt, This was mandatory at the time bee cause the city was in excess of It's bond limitation. The latetr IS s per cent of the net grand list or about $i0,00o, 900 whchi the city can- not exceed in its bond indebtedness This year for the first year in many the city has gone below this fig- ure and expects to continue favor- able throughout i945
 It is not likely that there will be many, if any, recommendations in the i943 audit soon to be submitted
 Remainin glegislation to be pre- sented before the Assembly relates to affairs not yet revealed for pub lication and now in the formative stage.