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oJ.r ,yi1/ 1 1'... ~ 07'/ S./, h ,.~.,Council Balks,On Mayor's'3 Mill Tax HikeBy FREDERICK ALLENCity CounctI's Finance COmmittee Friday refused to voteout Mayor Maynard Jackson's proposed 3-miU property taxhike.The action does not mean the tax boost is a dead .laue,but the committee's balkiness was a hJnt that Jackson's ~posed budget and a~ revenue measure may facea fight from council.The committee agreed to let the budget matter ~ beforecouncil in the form of a personal paper from CouncilmanRichard Guthman. Gu/hnan', ordinance WOUld allow only the.. J..04-mill tax hike Finance Department officials say 1& neededto offset a drop in revenues precipitated by the recent constitutionalamendment raising hotnellead exemptions to $5,000."The guy who's bringing it In," Councilman Hugh Piercesaid. of the mayor's proposal, "be', giving It lOme measure ofa blessing. He's blessing it right there."Fellow councilmen E. Gregory Griggs, Ira Jackson,Guthman, Carl Ware and Q. V. WillJam1Ol1 nodded theirheads.It was next suggested by Finance OImntissioner OlarlesDavis that the committee members allow the proposal outwithout a recorunendation."I don·t see how we can take this in as a finance papersince none ofus agrees wilbU," respondedOOmmlUee chair_man Griggs..So the committee agreed informaJly to let Gutbman~uce his own ~ for tbe reqUired first reacting MooCiy at 2 p.m. ())mmjttee members noted that the mayor's:froposaI will get full consideration next week. .As Davis explained it to the committee, some ordinancerelating to the budget and taxes must be Introduced MondaySO council w.Ul ha\'e time for disoossiOO$ before a final votelater this month. '!be committee'. pOint was that no onewanted to touch a proposed. 3-mlll tax hike with a ~footpole-even U the action were Just for purposes of discussion.In any ease, the whole budget question will be taken upduring a day-long committee meeting Thursday.Griggs gave a hint of what may be to come when besaid, "I told the mayor I would not go hJgber than 2 mills."Y6INSTEAD OF TAX HIKERaise ProposedIn Garbage FeesBy IIANK EZELLCity Cuuncilman Richard GUtnman is proposing thatAtl~nta raise garbage collection fees to make the service pay{or Itse: lf and that the city require employes 10 take orf firedays Without pay nex! year,It was the st.'COnd set of alternatives offered as variouscouJICdmen searched for ways 10 a\'oid Mayor Maynard Jack.son s proposal 10 raise property taxe!! by three mills nextyear.CoullCilman George Colsakis bad earlier um'eiled • setof recommendations which include POStponing capital improvements,reducing the number of city employes by 10 percent (about alO employes) moving the Cyclorama to a morecentrallocalion, freezing payroll, pension and fringe benefits,and consolidating city, county and school board COmputerOperations.Guthman's garbage proposal wruld Probably mean anincre~ of about $25 in the $44 annual fee oow paid for gar.bage pickup at residences with lOO-Coot-v.ide lots Guthmansaid.'The amount of the increase WOuld vary in direct propor_lion to !.he "id!.h of the Jot. he added,Both he and Cotsakis prepared their proposals forpresentation at Monday afternoon's city coWldJ meeting.Jt was the first time Jackson's budget proposal was to gobefore the full council. Final adoptiOn of the 197:; budget isnow .scheduled for the Feb. 3 colJllCil meeting.Jackson has ,proposed a l.04-milJ tax increase to coverthe losses which the city expects as a result of jncreasedhomestead exemptions. On topof lhat, JacksOn has asked foran additional l.96-miIJ tax increase to raise the amount Ofrevenue the city had earlier expected.Th.e altefTIJth·e, in Jacksoo. 'ii view, is a drop in city servIces ~hlch wOUld calliie IlTeparable harm to the city.Council President Wyche Fowler, While avoidi", an,RAISE PROPOSEDContinued From PaKe IAcritic~m ~( Jackson:s budget Proposal, said Monday it Is theCOUOCirs job to consider a number of allematives."We have lor too long employed the cut and covermethod of budgeting, whereby we take a single budgetaryproposal. make line item cuts and then try to cover ourtracks through account SWitching," Fowler said."We can knock at least two mills off the (Jackson)budget adopted by the Appropriations Committee," Fowlersaid.Cotsakis' proposals, by and large, are aimed at reducingexpenses. with some emphasis on increased revenues throughparking fees and cyclorama admissions,Guthman's proposal would reduce expel1!ie5 on the emp'~yeside while freeing up money by making garbage collee.tio/l pay for itself., It would also shift some of the tax burden back towardr~idential units. In round figures, garbage collection costsabout $3 million 8 year more than it brings in from collectionlee, Gulhman said.! Raising the fees would pul that burden primarily on resi.deioco •.: The effect of the homestead I!XMlptiOns had been a shirtIn-the tax: burden lO\\o-ard industrial, commericaI: and apart.ll"Ilnt properties, since they are not covered by higher homest~dexemptions.I
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