The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-22
FurlOng Replies to Councils VielU of City Administration

M E&&e GHNRNAA HA N1& Mn1NR &or nA egeEAA eax xaaa oe se mans & ee1segn eoe WaaezNHy sA aose. AEneaa e NHaune csS Daarea d. recAee yextereay made puh1le ta,ak a eAG ElEo wca1e 1A esecAna s&eeAnue ck &ae Eoneral easAxs encweAse AesnR Ezan1o1 c1ly e1peNee ~epus eecnnea ea mAzpe &eA e4Mc& amnoana of the rise. OeneE@a auehoEstaee eureae an tnosase eo % mEns erom sAe c.R~ zNn& 0R re4A.
 me ouarea GRUcnrs sanAuuneus. prNseAae9 a& S1A. meeting ue the Boerd e4 E1nAmce wa&. m efaecR. a 6lrec9 repeg b tl,e oeuncn oe oom- mumflE Ctzes wlzose menAeF<aan reoen&ly presonoe6 a lemxeAg mo- puSaa eo oNe Board af Alaernen an tae enterOGas of Seconuny end ef@ nclacE TAe oounc0, aa the time urwed mAanAenance cf tAe cunrrent aeEs.
 la as rscoumsnoaaaons sAe oum. ca had also urged ehe exnenaamWN of the c1sy& surplus as a rneans cf retecing tinAnc1ng. 1n his NtAeemens M. Nraong repllea taaat cootann. azace 8 the current use of sssrnaus FeSalas in a S percent saranx so ne city on the co@ of oapstal inprore~ me4sS. A part1G pag-as-yon-eo pol. acy H maintained ey she crrrpnt use in rePect so many candtaa arn~ proNznnees and thus sae need for bond Nsue Is eliminated. the espdre4 director stated.
 ocntanuang. she 6naret aarecaor stated:
 'uoer see present aamsnassm- taoa. each years operations has brought some surplus into exisf- ence Te1as surplus has arisen ShrcsSh the operooliectaOn of rer- enues and from meWecsed haa. ances cs appropriations. If d mn- tcipality collected q sum euual Ao saae estimate ce revenue and ass- 0arseo the total of is aunroursa- uons teSt1nase6 exDen6fn1resl, sa,e c1ty would have at the enc os sa1e oacgctagy period. neither zrrra1Is nor cenct. n naturally follows taet ahe city must collect an eul, the amount of estimated regenpe anc the csEy mus therefore con- se.Vs1ise1y estimate the amount of even1e which it wsn receive
 Lnis procedure fsves toehe tax- pAser lmmediately upon reaa,sa- ton the benefits of the Sarnaas AVa1iaole This use Of surra,as re- caires that Q conservative estimate 1t sarpius must be made an the EAA q each year Such an esss- mate S required to he made beFore tne second installment of uronrrer taxes are collected. Any s,rr,l,ss @r&ng k always contained sn large part ia such second snSnIl- ment Consequently, the eyaauante gnuSt Dc very conservative or al oefscit would occur. Defacits rn.axf oe financed by either borrowfnr or trimming expenditures to the noint MneN essential municipal services @'calc oe crippled. The defsesf must be made good in the soliow- ang years budget and could pro- 0nce an alarming tax rate. OT present practice of course ~ 70 estimate surplus conserva-
  nre.y % as 10 eliminate any pos- &lnaiaiy of a deficit arising from an ogerestimate of possible surDluE- tnus n iess. it may be posSIhle 70 nspe an uneenestimaGe of sur- plas ana such understands under normal, legal operating could not De made available untn the lefs buoEek."
 
 h nezp0nse to the Councils rec. nznmenoation that ell deparHmentx ne placed on Q sound and efficient epezA1onAl basis the budget direc- tnr pointed out that the ciry,s pub- | @anieoEs have gone on record as having determined that city de- pzrtmenB are operated on 6 sound 1 hnsis."
 Ny department. at the direction of rhe Mayor, has effected many l changes in operating procedures and .nserdepzEsmental procedures." MT. W4lE1nnN GasH