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<br />49. Continues the policy of the City-owned utilities paying <br /> <br />taxes to the general fund on the same basis as other public utilities. <br /> <br />Water - $22,521.63, Sewer - $3,000.00, Electric - $10,621.36. <br /> <br />50. Frovides $10,000.00 toward the reserve fund for school <br /> <br />site purchase as has been done for the past two years. <br /> <br />51. :F-rovides for the redemption of all bonds and the payment <br /> <br />of bond interest maturing during the year. <br /> <br />,.-.::- <br /> <br />Each of the above fifty-one items are noteworthy and through <br /> <br />the complete budget there are others of equal or greater merit to which <br /> <br />reference has not been made in this letter of transmittal because of space <br /> <br />limitations. Of particular note is an item frequently overlooked or <br /> <br />emphasized too little. That is the routine day-to-day operation of the city <br /> <br />government representing a large portion of the budget expenditures. <br /> <br />Collection of taxes, maintenanc e of streets, health inspection of restaurants, <br /> <br />supervision at the library, billing of utilities, painting traffic lines, servicing <br /> <br />motor equipment, operating school cafeterias, manning fire stations, and <br /> <br />hundreds of other examples all combine to make up what is termed routine <br /> <br />operation. The proposed budget would further the maintenance of these <br /> <br />services at the high standards at which Martinsville is now receiving them. <br /> <br />As a condition to the provision of these services there would be continued <br /> <br />efforts toward the improving of their quality and the accomplishment of <br /> <br />efficiencies in their performance. <br /> <br />- 20 - <br />