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Budgets, Balances & Briefs
Budgets, Balances & Briefs – (PIP #67)
By Louise Peloquin
More money matters…
L’ETOILE – October 16, 1924
THE BUREAU OF HYGIENE MUST ECONOMIZE
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The city auditor’s quarterly report reveals the city’s financial position.
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Yesterday, city auditor Daniel F. Martin gave his quarterly report on the expenses of the various departments over the first nine months of the year and on their balance for the last three.
The report is particularly interesting because it informs department chiefs about unused funds and of the need to economize in order not to spend more than the allotted budget.
The auditor warned the Road and Civic Hospital departments to be vigilant given that they have almost reached their limit. Since then however, these two departments have received additional funds to close the year. The department of Public Welfare Assistance received $35,000; the Road department received $75,000 for sewers and will receive an additional $60,000 for other works.
The first large department mentioned in the auditor’s report is the Waste Disposal department whose financial position is sound. It received $100,000 for salaries and, up to now, slightly more than $75,000 has been spent. Only $351 remain for other expenses and provisions but these are under control.
The Memorial Auditorium spent $28,500 of its $42,500 budget and therefore does not have enough money to cover the next three months.
The Fire department received a budget of $379,320.26 for salaries. Expenditures reached $277,667.19 and a balance of $101,653.07 remains. This department received an additional $55,409 and has spent $44,516.30.
Various departments under the direction of the Bureau of Hygiene will have to economize if they do not want to exceed their yearly budget. In the department of milk and vinegar inspection, supervised by the Bureau of Hygiene, a balance of $165.93 remains from a budget of $1,274.22 whereas, for school hygiene, only $51 remain from a budget of $2,006.76. Salary expenditures in these departments is within budget.
It seems that the Security department has sufficient funds until year’s end. It received a budget of $344,352 with $89,974.18 unspent. It obtained an additional $12,336 for other expenses and a balance of $2,705 remains.
The School department total expenditure for salaries and books reached $906,993.95 with a balance of $342,919.56 to finish the year. The Vocational School has spent $68,800 and still has $33,000 untouched.
The Highway department and the Sewer department have interesting figures. Street maintenance and improvement cost $288,762.20 for the first nine months of the year with a balance of $67,352.31. Maintenance and new sewer expenses have reached $17,635.74 with a balance of $8,864.62.
The budget for asphalt work was spent but the City Council voted to allocate an extra $60,000 to continue the year’s program. For permanent pavement, a balance of $8,500 remains after expenses adding up to $141,625.
The hospital for tuberculosis patients spent $47,839.35 over the first nine months of the year and presently has a balance of $10,447.31. Unless all of the provisions for the year are already covered, this department may lack funds.
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PUBLIC ASSISTANCE BILLS
Yesterday, the Budget and Account Verification Commission approved allocating $6445.75 to Barry’s Market for supplies distributed during the month of August to families registered in Public Assistance.
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THE PROFESSION OF EXPLORER
DOES NOT ENRICH
London – A Christiania dispatch announced that famous explorer Roald Amundsen (1) is bankrupt. He blames his troubles on the heavy losses incurred by his attempt to reach the North Pole in 1923. It is predicted that Amundsen will definitely renounce the project of flying over the North Pole. (2)
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- Norwegian explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872-1928) was the first person to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
- Translations by Louise Peloquin.