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101 February 13th, 193~. At a regular meeting of the City Oouncil keld February i3th, 1934, at 8:00 P.M., there were present: Vernon A~ Brooks, Leslie T. Fox, W.R. Hutchins, Arthur Mayo, S.B. Moore, J. Alden-Cast, Archibald Ogg, 0ity Ma~uager. Minutes of regula~ meeting held January 23rd, were read and approved. The following communications from the 0ity Manager were read: let - "Mr. J.E. Travers, Hoseman in the Fire Department, requested in a letter to Ohief Alexander, dated~ Feb. let, that he be retired on a pension, in accordance w'ith the City, s retirement rules. Ch~ief Alexander recommended, under date of Feb. 26th, the retirement of Hcseman Travers, due to his age and disabilities. In view of Mr. Travers' request for retire- ment and Ghie'f Alexander's recommemdation, I asked hLm to appear before Dr. Roper for physical examination and then before the Retirement Board. Dr. Roper recommends in his report-of his ~edical examination that in view of Mr. Travers' heart condition and poor vision, that he be retired because of his inability to perform the full duty of a fireman. Mr. Travers will be sixty years of age on March lyth. The Retirement Board recommends that Mr. Travers be retired. His record in the Fire Department is as follows: Appointed January l, 1906; resigned December 31, 1912; r~e-appointed October l~, 191~, and has been in continuous service since then. In view of the reGuest of Mr. Travers, recommendation of Ohief Alexander, Dr. Roper and the Retirement Board, I recommend that Mr. Travers be retired, effective Febru- ary 28th, 1~34, at an annual pension of $664.6?. This amount can be provided for without any increase in the 1934 budget appropriations." Motion of Mr. Fox to oonott~ in the Manager's recommendation, was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes: Brooks, Fox, Hutchins, Mayo, Moore, Oast, Ogg - y. Nays: None. 2nd - "The School Board requests, under ~ate of February 8th, that we remove or amend that pa~t of the budget ordinance for 1935, reading a~ follows: 'If the School Board receives during the year of 1~35 from all other sources than the City, over $75,836.85, then the difmerence between $~5,836.85 and the amount actually received, shall be deducted from the appropriation made by the Oity., In view of the fact that it was found necessary to reduce the budget re- quest of the School Bo~rd for 193~ by $5,73~.85, I recommend that we increase the amount to be retained by the School Board from ~ll other sources than the Oity, from $75,836.85 to $81,571.50. I u~erstand that if this additional amount of $5,Y34.65 is received from the State and the School Board is allowed to retain it, that it will not be necessary for the School Board to shorten the school term during 1935, and it will also eliminate the necessity of the School Board having to deduct three days pay from the teachers in December., Motion ~ Mr. Hut~ohins to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was adopted, and bythe following vote: Ayes: Brooks, Fox, Hutchins, Mayo, Moore, Oast, Ogg - y. Nays: None. 3r~ - "I submit herewith report of audit of the 0ity~s books for the ~ifteen months period from Oct. 1st, 1932 to Dec. 31st, 1933, which was made by J.A.D. Parrish, Oer- tifiedPublic Accountant, in accordance with engagement made. You have been fttrnished with a copy of the consolidated balance sheet in this report which shows an accumulated deficit Dec. 31st, 1933 of ~112,083.60, which is $176,1y8.9~, less than the .accumulated deficit at Sept. 30th, 1932. For your information, I have furnished you with cbpy of the Accou~tant,s comments in the reoort, and wish to call your attention to the following pertinent fact~ dis- closed by the audi% report: The first paragraph of the Accountant's comments invites attention to the fact that the 1933 total apozopFiations ~ere SYO,y4~.93 less tha~ 1932 total Approoriations, and thel933 total Expense ~as $1?2,2S?.~S less than 1932; and that there was an U4expended- Appropriation surplus of $71,915.8~ at the end of 1933, compared with an Approoriation Deficit Of $29,628.68 at the end of 1932. - The comment also carries a comparative statement of Revenue and Expense of the General Fund for the years 1933 and 1932, exclusive of Proceeds from Bond Sales, which shows the following: Oomoared with 1932, Revenue during 1933 decreased $35,531.57, while Ex- cerise ~ecreased $112,28~.~8. If the full amount due the Sinking Fund in 1932 had been paid ~nd charged to Expense, the decrease in Expense for 1933 compared wi~h 1932 would have been $212,287.48 instead of $172,287.~8. I~ other words, on a fair comparative basis, the General Government e~penses during 1933 were $212,2S7.~8 lees than 1932. This comparative statement also shows ~na~ Revenue during 1933. was $28,306.11 more than Expense. This shows that the City lived within its income during 1933 and spent $108,~49.80 more than its income during 1932. Your especial attention is directed to~ th~ Accountant's comment regard- ing Uncollected Taxes due to the Oi~y at December 31st, 1933, amounting to $33,980.87 more than Temporary Loans, and that reference by the Accountant to the annual reports in the office of the Ci~ Auditor disclosed this condition to exist for the first time in many yea~. If we eliminate from Te~oorary Loans ~the $25,000.00 owe~ by the Ferries, which should be done, this loan is a direct obl' ation ' ~ ~ as ......... ~ zg ~ the Ferries, Uncollected Taxes du t~ th~ ~ ~=~=~ 3 , ~33 wi±£ ~xoeed Temporary Loans by $5~,.9~0.87. In Other words, ~m-~a 2~Loans, w 'oh are usually~referred to as the Floatmng Debt ~f the Ozty, were $58,980-87Ples~Yth~ns Untohml-