1 - Ivan Allen, Jr. Digital Collection - Georgia Institute of Technology

•rMayor Still EyesBusiness :l~:~uBy HANK EZElL13y a recent Finance De­Mayor Maynard Jackson is ~ment estimate, prope~Yclearly not prepared to let up es will bring in 131.1 ITlll-00 buSinesa as the best:;nurce 1 n next year, compared tofor the $4 million taJ; Increase ;'.7 million from licenses andbe is seeking.permits.Jackson was in New York Of the $9.7 million. $6.ll'!'-ilattemptingto attract new ~ ion is estimated to be COOlln~business to Atlanta. He re-- ~ rom g~a1 business IIfUgedto be pinned ~ on ::enses, and the rest fromwhat new sources or, inCOme evies on professional servthecity may be studymg. ices. alcoholic beverages, con."The only thing l'~ ~. st.ruction permits and a scatparedto say at this time IS tering of other sources.that we need ttl get the maner. ,~ Garbage collection fee sfrom one source or another, might be another source, butJackson said. ed the council has turned down'l1le mayor acknOW1~g 'l one proposal to Increase~mthat bus I n e s s property and Jackson is opposed to 10-would bear the bruIlt of creases in anything but back.his once-dereat~d yard pickup tees.three-miIl property t a z, In- On Monday the cooncil recrease.But he added In ar, jected the administration'sTuesday press ,_ COOfl.'tt;::y' three-mill, $6,2 million ?-x !n­'''I1le question, 11>, are ttea.se posaJ. Adopting Ingoingto bear It "or is it no! stead a ~ mill ~~.~ to get bornl' to Jacksor T bat v.ill bring U1 ~,2A 9OUf'Ce c ose milHoo just. vobat the atyqwckly expanded on that, sa~ needs' to compensate fortng that an " i~ of d~:~ losses due to the Inm-easedUon of ~ i:S m homestead exemotiQrlS.in the mayor ~ tJrlnkmg, , ~ The net l'1!SUit ';\'OUld be~ "n.e question is who 15 .. break-even re\'enues for theter able to bear the burd~city and a $2.2 million shift inas thiS, sourc.e charad the tax burden away fromJackson S feelmg.home ownersAfter Jackson's ~ e D ; The three-~i11 inereage wasference, Oller Adminl.s~ defeated on an 11-7 vote, Vot­Officer Jule SUganna~ ov-", ainst it were council­• new line of adrrurustrnon ~ agJohn Calhoun, Charlesthinking, saYinguchthat~aC90F ~ Helms. Nick Lambros. Georgewould consider s n 15 Cotsaki!I, Richard Guthman,business licenses and_~... I r a Jackson, Car I Ware,as the sou~ of at I.....,....... Gregory Griggs, Panke Brad-01. the $4 nulllon, _oJ 1- Buldy Fowlkes and JackAlthough he volunteef1.l ~ -~,ether sources, Sug~a said Su~ three-rnlU increasebe is oot making hce~~ wer: James Howard, Jamespermits the numbel' o'-r-' Bond Morris Finley Arthurit y for alternative rvenue Langford Jr" Hugh' Pierce.IOUI'CJeS, 't,s Marvin Arrington. and Q, V,The licenses and ~ ""illiamson.• r e about the onl). things The 1 04 mill increase wasavailable, SUgannan Sid, b~t approved on a IG-a vote, 'I11osehe added thll Jac:kso IS v., - r it were Helms. Bond,ina to talk abo~~tat! ~tbman. Langford, Jackson,lOurte ClllTenUy auWare, Piecce, GriggS. Bradleythe city. whelber and Willian.-m, ,He doesn't knO\I:~_ _ Agains', the UK mill m-the dty has reache,CI'IIIlH ,.,.ere calholm, Howaryl,lng on the beer tax" Finley. Lambros, Coualtil,Slid W1det quesltO~, h Aninorlnn lo'owlkel and Sum-'Ibe property tal 15 mue ......deeper wel1 to drd than JneI'S_,I', 2-A TilE ATI,,"TA CO'STITL'TIO,', F~idl.~, ON', 20, 19""**'Council Unit 01(s~oadns" OJ lReo illf ..... ,1_h>,t1 a,')poA 6'~IJ~"'~;)OHInq 'Ij-S!U!WPIl ~ hi ~ooqs SJlUI!tfVacations'"fIIO If:>eq atp paull '''''­ 'JitJr.Plf-X\er Alfain, $32,000 from~ SllU.JOUIaa IIU;qn ~ JO T:rball Obsen'.tory and' ~ "'ll JO SJaqwaw ootoo earmarked for the hlr-"00 of fOUr budget analysli de-S! aJroilS IKU" SS3utu.nJ U by the rnayor.P!~1l iUln 1s,,!1 "'II .101 .JJlrt11anre dcparhnmt officials~P! dOl WAlpod' atrI ~tIl'IOUl, the $30.000 cut in coon­-......AddIlH 'Jaqwlltp a!lJ SSOJ:>Il A staff will probably resultOJ sassPI ~q pae iI)nf~lhe layoff of three em­S~UI! SJI( J)aSJe..r ~1I~1~'POH 'PIlJ'e3.pm Jaijalalf:xtH .. '~dOid II PUte only employes of IlleIUQJJUo.I aNi SLUillqoJd M~ iI!r.IUJan Observatory are MI­'1U~!~;JJd '.1", '110,< IfILt1ljJo.1\ 0te! Lomax, who usually lsA"lu }O l!w!I lSdj'rnl iK{l 01 ai mayo!"s representativt at• Itural e\'enls, and JocelynOf 'Jr uOSJilN 'SlIOS CN.l J!a~ ISS, a researcher In theaql wOJ} P'IIPlliI'M. '&!wws lnq'yor's office, Both lIt'ouId