City Hall's Reckless Ledger Exposed

The annual report of City Treasurer Shaw, presented to the council last night, shows that during the fiscal year ending June 30th, the disbursements of the Hunt administration were $145,439.28, while receipts were only $134,699.23. There is no deficit only because of a $17,000 cash balance from the previous year. This is proof of the reckless extravagance of the present administration. Without water revenues, the Hunt administration last year took in $56,002.96, while the previous Betz administration only handled about $56,000 in total city revenues. Furthermore, the water revenues have been expended under the direction of a water committee, with most items of disbursement never coming before an open meeting of the council. Tax rates are now 14.2 mills, compared to 10 mills under the previous administration, despite the city receiving about ten thousand dollars more every year from saloon licenses.