Las Vegas City Commission Minutes, June 22, 1911 to February 7, 1922, lvc000001-286

Monday, the 1st day of March, 1920, at the hour of 2 o'clock P.M. of said day to adopt a budget and to levy the annual City Taxes, and consider and act on such other business as may properly come before the meeting. W. E. Ferron Filed Feb. 28, 1920 Mayor " Harley Harmon, Clerk. The Clerk then presented to the Board his Notice as issued by him for said special meeting. which was ordered spread upon the minutes in full with his certificate attached to said notice, as follows, to-wit: "Las Vegas, Nev. Feby 28, 1920. To—C. E. Pembroke, Lou Martin, Howard Conklin, W. E. Arnold, City Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas, and W. E. Ferron, Mayor thereof. You are hereby notified, that pursuant to a call issued by Mayor, W. E. Ferron, a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Las Vegas will be held at the office of said Board at the Commissioners Room in the County Court House at Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday, the 1st day of March, 1920, at the hour of two o'clock p. M. of said day, to adopt a budget and to levy the annual City Taxes, and consider and act on such other busi­ness as may properly come before the meeting. Harley A. Harmon City Clerk. Acceptance of service of the foregoing notice is hereby admitted. C. E. Pembroke W. E. Ferron Lou Martin Howard Conklin W. E. Arnold I, Harley A. Harmon, City Clerk of the City of Las Vegas, do hereby certify that on Feby 28, 1920, I served a notice of which the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy thereof, upon Commissioners C. E. Pembroke, Lou Martin, Howard Conklin, W. E. Arnold, and his Honor the Mayor, W. E. Ferron. Dated this 28th day of Feby. 1920. Harley A. Harmon City Clerk Filed February 28, 1920 Harley A. Harmon Clerk" The Mayor then stated to the Board the object of this meeting be for the purpose of preparing a Budget, whereupon the Board proceed to take up the Budget and tax levy for the year 1920 in accordance with the provisions of the Statutes of said state, whereupon the matter being dis­cussed in length, it was upon motion of Commissioner Conklin and seconded by Commissioner Martin ordered that the following resolution be adopted. Estimated Receipt and Expenditures of the City of Las Vegas for the Year Ending December 31,1920 as Provided in Section 9, Chapter 149, Laws of Nevada, 1917. Receipts Actual 1919 Estimated 1920 EXPENDITURES Actual 1919 Estimated 1920. Licenses $ 2,060.00 $ 4,000.00 Administration $ 1,975.00 $ 2,660.62 Fines 325.00 Police 1,955.00 2,000.00 Fees Fire Protection 105.00 2,500.00 Permits Streets & Alleys 3,805.75 4,000.00 Sewers 125.00 200.00 Eng. & Electrical Health Dept. City Elections 200.00 Bond Interest & Redemption 3,059.71 3,059.71 Surplus Funds Taxes Collected 1919 9,009.35 Taxes Required 1920 9,978.32 Totals $18,987.67 ASSESSED VALUATION Actual 1919 Estimated 1920. Realty $167,000.00 Improvements 558,248.00 Personal 605,061.00 Totals 1,330,309.00 Tax rate on $100 9,977.32 Cash on Hand, January 1, 1920 $ ____________ Balance Due from Second Half Taxes, 1920 $ ____________ BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the said Budget be signed in behalf of this Board by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk and the same be filed with the City Clerk and a copy there­of be published for two publications, one week apart in the Clark County Review, a weekly news­paper published in said city of Las Vegas. The vote on said resolution being as follows, Commissioner Martin, aye, Commissioner Pembroke, aye, Commissioner Conklin, aye, and his honor,