Laurel outlook., 1947-07-16
ASSESSED VALUE Of
PROPERTY IN CITY
HAS s486,554 GAIN
Council Receives Figure From
County Assessor; Members Of
Airport Committee Named

County Assessor T. A. Cothron il
a letter to the Laurel city council
read at the council meeting Tues
day evening, informed the mayor
and aldermen that Laurel's assessed
valuation has increased during the
past year, going from the 1916
total of $2,390,555 to $2,877,109 for
1947. The new taxable value is
$815,338. Last year a mill levy
yielded $685., but this year a mill is
expected to yield the city $815.33.
The council sold a piece of city
owned land on West Main, started
procedure for adjusting certain sal
aries, granted some building per-
mits and began work on the budget
for the coming year by naming sums
to be included in the schedule of
probable expenditures.
Attending the session were Mayor
Peter D. Thomson and Aldermen
Rodgers, Freebury, Parker, Feuer-
bacher and Conner.
Representatives of Greyhound and
Burlington bus lines appeared in re-
gard to renting parking spaces OF
the avenu west of the New yell
lowstone hotel.
A bid of 1927 was submitted by
Guy Stormont for a quarter-acre
of land on the south side of West
Main street. 1t was accepted and
the mayor and city clerk were in
structed to sign the conveyance of
title. Stormont was given permits
sion to build a 40 by 4O-foot con-
crete block machine shop on the
tract. The estimated cost of the
building is $4,000.
Joe Brohaugh appeared in regard
to purchase of channel iron from
the city. Mrs. E. Banderrob of
Huntley thanked the council and
mayor for cooperation in rental of
Riverside park for the Farmers
Union. Sherrow service station was
granted a refund of tax on tires
purchased by the city. Resolution
651, transferring certain funds, was
read and adopted. Adopted and pre-
viously passed were ordinances 397.
1913 and 800, relating to salaries of
the health officer, police judge and
city attorney. The city clerks
monthly report was read and filed.
A permit was granted Harry C.
West to remodel an 10 by 36-foot
frame building and move it from the
real to the front of lot IL, block 80,
Allard subdivision, at an approx
mate cost of $500.
An application by Emma Brickman
was approved for a 20 by 22-foot
concrete block garage on lots 9 and
10, block IL, Laurel Heights, costing
approximately $500.
The application of Lyle E. Rodgers
to. build a frame garage 18 by 241
feet was granted. The location is
lots Is and II, block 80, Allard sub i
division, and the approximate cost 7
is S400. !
Mayor Thomson announced the /,
assignment of ]. W.. I
Baldwin, j. F. Macdonald, j. H. I
Moran, DR.. D. A. Nottingham and /
Paul A. Void as members of an 9
airport committee. The city attor-
B. L Price, was instructed to n
draw an ordinance creating a board
of airport trustees.
The finance and street and alley
committees were instructed to work
out a system of charges for garbage
pick-ups for apartment houses and
cabins.
A motion prevailed that a sur
of 25 cents per net 81 of
water bills be adopted as a charge
for the sewage disposal plant, to
cover cost of operation, bonds, in
and depreciation.
A draft of the new budget was
presented and read. Among items
vas an addition for city buildings to
AXE care of contemplated repairs at
he public library. Another was
;25, 200 for a swimming pool, in the
that the people order such
construction and the issuing of bonds
payment. For purchase of a new
,atrol car for the police department
IN item of $4,000 was included. An
'ther item was 100000 for a filtra-
ion plant, which has appeared for E
teveral years while waiting for ma U
erials to become available at a SC
cost. Money invested in war Is
tonds has been laid aside in previous of
ears and represents part of the &C
obstruction cost. sa
For general sewers there is a.
igure of s8,925 for necessary ex- lie
ensions of service. An additional er
1000 is listed for parks, for con- ma
tructions and equipment of the LIZ
ublic's recreation and playground tic
An allowace of $1,000 is pa
sted for the sewage disposal plant.