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� _ . ._ . _. _ . . __' ' ' '_ . . . -.r.. . - 47� • of water service in the city and questioning the oY the city spend- ; ing money.for water eexvice in a.new eubdivieion, The communication was ordered filed, � ' Diacuseion of aaiendment to the procedure code ordinance wae discussed. Mr. Erneat Wilson of the firm of &irkbride and Wilson had been echeduled to ' attend this meeting and addresa the Oounail in regard to thie amendment bu% he did not appear. Councilman Armetrong wae of the opinion that the Coun- cil ehould be informed ae to the purpoee the amendment would accomplish. •As he analyzed it, the amendment would make the sale of �bonda more attrao- tive to the contractors becauae it would place a premium that would have to ' be paid by the property owner if he purohased tne bonde before maturity. He asked the Councll to carry thia point in mind before amending the ordi- nance. The matter wae carried on the agenda, �� - The ordinanoe governing itinerant photographers was disouesed. Copiee of the ordinance had been furnished to the Oouncil. Oouncilman Armstrong wa.s mf • • the opinion that the ordinance was discriminatory and would not be upheld in that the licenae Yee for a reaident businessman was very emall and that Yor a non-reeident very large; 1, e., for a reaident photographer �200.00 per qear. He believed there must be grounds for the large Yee other than the deeire to keep itinerant businessmen out of town. Oouncilman Granger questioned the number of amendmente to the business license ordinance and did not believe the Council had asked Yor th,am, Councilman Armstrong, how- ' ever, etated that the City Attorney had been inetructed to review the bueinesa liaense ordinance and oorreot sections which were out of order. The matter was placed on the agenda for the next meeting for adnice Yrom the Oity Attorney, City Manager Blom preeented for adoption by the Council the Yinal budget Yor tne fiscal�year 1946-47, Mr. Hlom advised that the total valuation amounte to �18,976,755, For the purpose of preparing the budget, a 1� ailowanoe , • • had been allowed for delinquenciee. The experience on delinquencies for last year and the year before amounted to leas than 1/2 of 1�, so it wae felt the 1� allowanoe wae reaeonable, The net budget figures with 1� allowance for delinquencies is �18,786,987, whioh ie an increase over the amount used in the preparation of the tentative budget, The figure used ' at that time wae $18,500,000, so that on an income basis the revenue ie in- areased by the amount of �4,719.87 from tax sourcee. The caeh balanoe on June 30, 1946, was up �8,381.73 aboee the figure estimated in the tenta- tive budget, The revenue from other souroes wae revieed upward by $5000 based on oolleations during the latter part of 1946 being better than ' expected and due to some unexpected funde that have aome in einoe the let of July. From an income and cash basis, tnere is $18,101.60 more than was expected at the time the tentative budget was prepared, Trie depart- mentai budgets were reviewed and one-half of the increaeed renenue wae apportioned;among them. The storea revolving account was inareased bq � about �2000. At the time the tentative budget was prepared, it was deoi- ded to run this account with no additional capital and to uee only the � \