Evening star., 1952-06-27
Budget Hearing
SET for Monday
SIS Million Figure
Due for Adoption
Just Before DeudIine

The Montgomery County Coun-
Gil. with two public meetings set
for Monday. will go right to the
deadline before adopting a county
budget for 1923.
The new budget must be signed
and a property tax fixed by mid
night Monday.
One meeting. at 10 am. Mon
day, will give county residents op-
portunity to voice their views on
budget increases approved last
night by the council which total
$241 ,133. The second, at 10 pm,
has been called to go through
formalities of adopting the budget.
Both sessions will be held in
Rockville.
Budget increases approved by
the council during a three-hour
executive session last night in
clude provisions for civil defense
program within the county, a full
time Juvenile Court judge and a
new position of director of public
safety.
Reductions Not Revealed.
The council announced its
recommended increases without
revealing which reductions il
would make on items contained
in the $25 million budget submit
ted by County Manager Irving G.
McNayr.
A council spokesman said such
reductions-none of which have to
be announced in advance-might
counter-balance the proposed in
creases or be even greater. Under
charter regulations. the council
is required only to make public all
increases it intends to make. These
are the maximum ones which can
be included in the budget but the
council still is free to trim them
If it so desires.
The $241 1873 includes items
totaling $24,888 from which the
money has been transferred from
other sources in the budget.
Approve Civil Defense Fund.
The council approved a $780, 900
appropriation for civil defense,
thus restoring more than half Of
a $59,l86 budget request which
had been recommended for re-
lection earlier by Mr.AeE1cNayr.
The county managers assertion
that the county civil defense Of
flee be abolished caused consider
able controversy last month in
volving Mr.. McNayr and State
Civil Defense Director David G.
Mcintosh.
The full-time judgeship was ap-
proved but with a salary of only
$500, instead of $4,000 as rec
commended by the county's Juve-
mile Court Advisory Committee.
The $500 is $4,000 more than the
present part-time Juvenile Court
Juuiclal posi-. -
An appropriation of $13,225 was
announced for the proposed di-
rector of public safety. The
money will be taken from the
departmental budgets of the
county managers office and the
police department. The council
announced it would utilize funds
saved by trimming Mr.. McNayr's
recommendation for Is new po-
licemen to 10, and added there
still may be even further cuts
along this line.
Teachers Fund Restored.
Largest item among the coun-
cil-recommended increases is $82,-
$50 for teachers salaries. Mr..
McNayr said the money was re-
stored to his original estimate be-
cause of a miscalculation in the
salary list furnished by the coun-
ty school board.
One item approved last night
but not included in the budget
increases was one authorizing ex-
penditure of $4,000 each for traf-
f1c engineering and parking lot
administration in the Eastern and
Western Suburban Districts. Mr..
explained that money to
finance this will come from the
tax fund, now set at
Is cents.
Among other increases approved
were the following:
$3l $40 for school janitorial and
heating personnel, thus bringing
the total budget amount for this
service to $470,000.
$20,582 for the city of Takoma
Park in lieu of furnishing county
police protection. Mr.. McNayr'S
budget had omitted this item.
which is required by law.
Junior College Money.
$4,000 mere for the Montgom.
cry County Junior College, most
OF it for maintenance purposes.
The School Board had asked for
$87 900. Mr.. McNayr trimmed it
to $50,000, and the council re-
stored it to $65. 900.
$4,000 to provide for a new post
OF School Board controller.
$3.438 for the public library to
provide additional help for oper-
ating bookmobiles in the county.
$3.50 for school boy patrol work.
an item which had been asked in
the police department budget
but which was cut by
Mr.. McNayr.
$4010 for an additional building
$4,010 for a new elec-
trical inspector, $2.334 for clerical
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