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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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Key West city commissioners approved a tentative $941,650 budget for fiscal year July 1, 1956, to June 30, 1957, with Lou Carbonell dissenting. Revenue estimates match expenditures; suggestions include restoring school guards, adding Pony League funding, and hiring a safety director.
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Annual Expenditure Is Based On Higher Expected Revenue
By FRANK PAVALKO
At a first reading last night, the city commissioners, with Lou Carbonell dissenting, passed the tentative annual budget of $941,650 for the city of Key West for the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1956 and ending June 30, 1957.
The final reading will be held on August 6 at a public hearing in city hall.
City Manager Victor Lang's estimate of revenues available for General Revenue Fund items amounts to $941,650.
At a first glance this appears to be an increase of $101,858 over last year's budget estimate, but as Lang pointed out, the previous budget was amended several times last year, with additions bringing it very close to the budget recommended this year.
The major revenue items are as follows: taxes, $464,000; electric system, $44,800; occupational licenses, $104,000; building permits, $10,000; fines and forfeitures $97,000; South Beach and aquarium rentals, $14,000; municipal dock rental, $13,000; parking meters, $25,000; scavenger fees, $107,500; cigarette tax, $12,000; and sewer administration, $12,000.
To be expended from this fund is administration and finance, $175,507; department of public safety, $359,681; department of public welfare, $76,328; department of public service, $295,734; and non-departmental, $34,200.
Commissioner Joe Fernandez moved that the budget be accepted as it stands and that all problems be ironed out by and during the second reading on August 6. His motion was seconded by Bill Chappell.
Fernandez then suggested that the four-man cut in school guards, reducing them from 10 to 6, be rescinded. He urged that a request for the purchase of one new $10,000 Speed-Packer garbage truck be omitted from the budget and the money used to employ the guards. This suggestion was recorded for further consideration by the commissioners.
Commissioner Lou Carbonell said that he thought $400 should be added to the budget for the Pony League baseball teams.
He emphasized the good the league is doing for the youth of Key West, and added that fine publicity is given to the city when the young ball players go to a place like Miami and win a tournament as they did yesterday. Further study will also be made of this idea.
Commissioner Jack Delaney thought the budget should make provisions for a paid safety director for the city. He stressed that such a move would be in keeping with a city the size of Key West and would help eliminate many of the dangers inherent in our traffic set-up.
He also recommended that allowances be made for the em-
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City commissioners passed tentative $941,650 budget for fiscal year 1956-1957 at first reading, with dissent from Lou Carbonell. Revenue sources include taxes and fees totaling $941,650. Expenditures cover public safety, welfare, and services. Suggestions for school guards, Pony League funding, and safety director recorded for final reading on August 6.