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WHEREAS, due to a shrinkage in the anticipated revenues of the City
of Little-Rock from $8350.00 to $794,000.00, it has become necessary to
adopt measures of retrenchmant in order to hold tine city's 1930 expenditures
within her total revenues in accordance with the mandates of the constitu-
tion of the State of Arkansas; and
,;WHEREAS, as a part of the program of retrenchment necessary to be
adopted it has heretofore been tentatively decided to give each member of
the police force and each member of the fire d�ep�. tment approximutely a
half month's vacation out of each month for ttie p riod September 15th to and
including December 31st; and
WHEREAS, it is and has been realized that it is highly desirable
at all times to maintain each of the said depart -meats at full strength and
at its highest degree of efiency for the full and satisfactory protection
of the people and their property; and
WHEREAS, the program of retrenchment above referred to would ef-
feet a saving as to the police department for the period mentioned of
$4,550.00 and as to the fire department of i�4,375.00, or a total of $8,925.00,
but ;would seriously embarrass each of the said �departme�ts irk the erfor.mance
Avg A CIO b r i V-_ A y r Le Is o !-ate e d c� Scof its functions and �J
.' ,,HEREiiS,, there remained on September lot a balance on hand in the
so- called '"parks- fund of $22,664.51, and will remain after the payment of
certain small bills and the performance of certain work in Fair Park which
is now under contract, a balance of approximately ', 17,000.00; and
�IiERa�AS, the said moneys viere set aside by the Council for the
purpose of doing desired and necessary work in connection L ith the parks
system of the City of Little Rock, a great deal of which desirable ?,pork
has already been accomplished; and
,']d i AS, the said funds in reality and as a matter of law belong
to the general revenue fund of the city and receipts from similar sources
under past administrations have always been so considered; and
;liE i�i,.S, there is no immediate demand for any expensive parks
improvement which is comparably desirable or necessary to the maintenance
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of the status quo in the police and fire departments as above suggested;
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TT., 9Q '' by �he City Coudil of the City of Little Rock aat
there be and hereby is transferred from the said parks fund to the general
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fund the sum of Z931 000.00 which shall be repaid .
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during the year if possible, and that the said funds so transferred be f
used to relieve the police and fire departments of the tentative orders for
retrenchment heretofore given -them, which said orders are hereby rescinded
and the chief of each of the said departments is hereby instructed to main-
tain his department at the strength existing before the said retrenchment
orders were given, and that no lay -offs of
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Passed; September 22, 1930.
Attest;
City Clerk.
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Approved;
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