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May 26, 1928 WINNETKA TALK 55 MAKES ANNUAL REPORT TO WINNETKA COUNCIL Village Manager H. L. Woolhiser Presents Report and Recom- mendations Editor's Note: Appended is presented the second installment of the annual re- port on all branches of municipal ad- ministrative government made this week to the Winnetka Village council by Vil- lage Manager H. L. Woolhiser. Other installments of the report will be pub- lished in subsequent issues of WINNETKA TALK. By H. L. 'Woolhiser Budget for Coming Fiscal Year A budget is submitted at the end of this report for the consideration of the Finance Committee, estimating the income and expenditures of the Gener- al Fund for the fiscal year 1928-29. The budget as submitted may be summarized as follows: Balance in General Fund, April 1, 1028 vio ina $ 51,781.00 Estimated Revenue (Less Fil- tration. Bond Bax) ..5....... 301,430.00 Total... habia, $353,211.00 Estimated Expenditures ....... 328,225.00 Balance in General Fund, March 31, 1929 ic. nad 005 $ 24,986.00 This budget has been prepared in general compliance with the Five Year Financial program, but, as a result of the favorable surplus now in the Gen- eral Fund and as a result of the fact that it will not be necessary to proceed with the construction of an incinerator plant in 1928, as originally contemplat- ed in the Five Year program, the Village will be able to complete the coming year with the surplus shown above, whereas the Five Year program contemplated a General Fund deficit as of March 31, 1929 of $35,951. The following comments on the budget as sumbitted may be of inter- est: 1. General tax revenue of $156,200 is shown as compared with $175,000 esti- mated in the Five Year program; this reduction is due to a deficiency in the 1927 quadrennial assessed valuation figures of approximately $314,000 or 2%, and also to a reduction in the tax levy of the Township Highway Com- missioner for road and bridge purposes, 50% of which is received by the Vil- lage, reducing our tax revenue from this source from about $15,000 per year, to about $6,000 per year. Harbor Appropriation 2. Under public affairs expenditures, the item of $10,000 is included as a proper share of the Village corporate in the construction of the first unit of the harbor project at the plant. This project, which has been authorized by the Council, will cost $30,000 this year and will provide facilities for the dump- ing of rubbish for at least four or five years. 3. An item of $10,000 has been in- cluded for legal and engineering ex- penses to be incurred in connection with the grade separation project. 4. An item of $26,374 has been included to pay public benefits assessed against the Village and an additional item of $26,520 to cover deficiencies in special assessments, principally the Linden. Avenue widening assessment, which has a deficit of $25,519, due to excess cost of real estate. 5. An item of $2,000 is included for revising and printing the Municipal Code, under "Sundry Public Expense." 6. Under Health department, an item of $600 is provided for the salary of an additional part time nurse; provision is also made for an increase of $500 in the salary of the health officer. 7. Under Public Works department. an expenditure of $24,100 is provided for maintenance of pavements, includ- ing $20,000 for reconstruction of old asphaltic concrete streets. 8. The budget includes an item of $20,280 for salaries in the fire depart- ment, not including callmen, an in- crease of $3,100 over last year. This increase provides for making the salary scale of the fire department the same as the present scale in the police department, and also provides two additional firemen on October 1, as recommended by the Fire Marshal. Except where specifically discussed in this report under department head- ings the other expenditures included in the attached budget are in general line with past practice. In considering the budget it may be of interest to the Council to have a comparison of the budget figures with the average cost of government per capita in the United States cities for 1925, the date of the last available complete report. This comparison fol- lows: BUDGET Winnetka 1928-29 Per: 1, S. Item Cost Capita* Cities 1925 Gen. Government $ 21,745 $ 1.97 $ 3.17 Protection to Per- sons & Property Police Dept. (Incl. Pensions.. 53,181 4.84 3.86 Fire Dept. (Incl. Pensions .. 31,245 2.84 3.06 All Others (Bldg. & Zon. Insp.) 3,750 .34 .61 Health =. Lc. 9,000 .82 91 Sanitation 00 2 45,300 4.12 2.85 Highways ......... 39,600 3.60 3.27 Charities, Correc- tions & Hosp... .... 3.3. ik 2.19 Miscellaneous ..... 13,500 1.22 1.79 Libraries. ih. Shi 13,250 1.20 .48 Mota Lui | ad $230,571 *Based, on 11,000 population From the foregoing it will be noted that the total cost per capita for Win- netka is somewhat less than the aver- age for all United States cities in 1925, but probably reports for 1926 and 1927 would show an increase over 1925. The foregoing total of $230,571 is less than the budget total because of the fact that capital expenditures and expenditures for the Winnetka Park District and others, for which the Village is reimbursed, have been elimi- nated. $20.95 $22.19 (To be Continued) Mr. and Mrs. George B. Massey will leave in a week or so for the East to join their sons, Loren, at Cornell, and George Massey, Jr, a Yale student. 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