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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970 CS Council OK's BudgetCS fougc O s B udg t - c e , ment S ws No In re i Taxes By FRANK GRIFFIS ment increased more than 15 of College Station's volunteer Eagle Staff Writer per cent — $115,276 for 1970 -71 force, will continue to serve the The College Station City compared to $98,705 for 1969 -70 fiscal ear. city for the time being. The m4 for added that anoth- Council approved what council- men cal le led a "tight budget," dg Mayor D. A. (Andy Anderson er expense the city will have showing increases in en showin g said firemen were added on a this year that it did not have ditures in the police and fire fulltime basis as were dispatch- last year will be putting the departments during a meeting er for the police -fire depart- sanitation workers in uniform. Friday night. ment. He said ad valorem taxes will The estimated expenditure for Anderson said Woody Sevison, remain at 75 cents per $100 on 1969 -70 in the fire department who is presently serving as the a total tax base of $20,736,716. was $21,372.89, less than half Texas A &M fire chief and chie Revenue from the taxpayer is the proposed expenditure of $47,- THE BANK —doing more for not expected to cover half of the city's total revenue again 100 in 1970 -71. Proposed ex- more people —FIRST BANK & penditures for the police depart• TRUST.: � Adv, See COUNCIL, Page SA ouncil Approves `Tight' CS Budget (Continued from Page 1) this year. The budget shows roposed revenue from 1970 -71 taxes as $170,800 compared to total revenue proposed of $411,- 100. Estimated revenue from ad valorem taxes in 1969 -70 is list- ed as $153,600 compared to a total revenue of $381,800. Anderson said salaries of city personnel were increased to meet competition from Bryan and the increaing cost of living. Policemen received a total es- timated pay hike of $4,200 from an estimated $70,000 to a pro- posed $74,220 for the 1970 -71 fiscal year. Firemen's salaries are listed as a proposed $22,800 for the present fical year. Salaries for the volunteer fire- men are estimated at $3,000 for the 1969 -70 fiscal year compar- ed to $1,200 for the 1970 -71 fis- cal year. rroposed expenditures for the street department in 1970 -71 are below those of the current year. Estimated expenditures for the department during the past fi- cal year are $132,495 compared to $126,900 proposed for 1970- 71. City Manager Ran Boswell said the 1969 -70 figures are high- er because of the Bee Creek development done last year. "This will not happen this year —we hope," Boswell said. Estimated expenses in the health and sanitation depart- ment increases slightly from $64,715 during the 1969 -70 fiscal year to a proposed $76,000. Contingent , fund appropria- tions show a drop of approxi- mately $14,000 from an esti- mated $23,226.61 during the last fiscal year to a proposed $9,= 095.50 in the new fiscal year. Proposed expenditures in the parks and recreation depart- ment are listed as $18 com- pared to an estimated $16,475 for 1969 -70. Funds budgeted for miscellan- eous expenses increased slightly from an estimated $27,500 last year to a proposed $30,800. The city retired an estimated $58,765 in debts in the 1969 -70 fiscal year compared to a pro- posed $69,355 in the 1970 -71 fis- cal year. Total estimated revenues and expenditures in the past fiscal year are $381,800 and $552,834.- 50, repectively. Total proposed revenues and expenditures for the 1970 -71 fiscal year are $411,- 100 and $613,786.50, respective- ly.