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account for $70,158. and profes-
sional services account for
$3,730., up from $1,000. last year.
Also budgeted is $6,100. for travel
and training, up from a request
of $2,000. and actual expen-
ditures to June 1988 of $172.
The Aging Department’s
budget totals $114,529. and in-
cludes $61,342. in salaries, down
from Department head Monty
Thornburg’s request of $67,476.;
$600. for professional services,
$2,450. for seminars and travel,
up from expenditures of $326. to
June 1988; and $5,000. for repair
and maintenance of vehicles.
The Recreation Department
budget includes $75,000. for
salaries, up from last year’s
budget of $57,675. For seasonal
employment, an additional
$12,505. is budgeted. The board
deleted special activities,
budgeted last year at $14,000. and
total expended at June 1988 of
$11,825. Early Memorial Parks
received $5,000. for capital
outlay, a department total of
$175,938.
Kings Mountain Lake Authori-
ty has an overall budget of
. $123,757., down from $137,267.
last year. Total capital outlay is
$5,100., cut from $6,100. Salaries
account for $32,370., down from
$38,925., plus $9,500. for life guard
salaries and $20,000. for seasonal
employees., up from $14,000. The
department’s budget includes
$1,575. for uniforms, $8,000. for
concessions, $600. for travel, up
from $300., $250. for postage,
down from $500., $11,000. for elec-
tric services, up from $8,270. Ac-
tual expenditure in 1986-87 was
$69,801 and the 1987-88 budget
was $93,257. ;
Kings Mountain Community
Center’s budget totals $77,280.
and includes $37,400. for
salaries; $3,000. for concessions,
up from $1,500. ; $9,800. in electric
services, cut from actual expen-
ditures at June 15, 1988 of $19,017.
and a 1987-88 budget of $16,000.
Special events projections are
not included in the budget figures
but equipment is budgeted at
$3,000., up from $1,500.
In Purchasing and Warehous-
ing, the total appropriation is
$43,023., up from $12,637. in the
87-88 budget and down from the
requested $59,194. Salaries ac-
count for $24,592., down from
$35,828. requested. Budgeted in
1987-88 was $4,770. for salaries.
The new administration has
combined purchasing and
warehousing. Capital outlay
equipment accounts for $5,000.
The Personnel Department,
where a new Director of Person-
nel is being hired, has a budget of
$46,775 with $32,000 for salaries
and $2400 for travel. Repair and
maintenance accounts for $2500.
In the Administrative Depart-
ment, which includes all
employees at the new City Hall,
the Mayor and six councilmen,
salaries account for $189,960. of
the total budget of $360,456.
Salaries of the Mayor and six
councilmen were approved at
$29,900., which includes $6,500.
annually pay for Mayor Kyle
Smith and $3,900. for each of the
six councilmen. These figures in-
clude a month’s Christmas bonus
pay. For City Hall staff, in-
cluding the city manager, city
clerk, assistant city clerk and
secretaries, salaries amount to
$189,960., down from $204,520. as
requested. Total professional
services are budgeted at $34,000.
in this department, up from
$13,000. Supplies estimated to
cost $14,460., down from $26,000.
and legal services are budgeted
at $37,000.
Salaries of meter readers are
budgeted at $61,985. and capital
outlay equipment for meters is
$20,000.
In the Electric Department the
approved budget is $6,916,159. in-
cluding $185,000. in salaries,
$40,000. in Professional services,
$137,648. in supplies and
materials, up from $81,760. in
last year’s budget; purchase of
Power is expected to cost
$4,600,000., up from $4,400,000.;
Free utilities at Mauney
Memorial Library amounts to
$18,000., up from $12,150.; free
utilities at the Chamber of Com-
merce is $2,800., up from $2,300.
free utilities at the Rescue
KM Employs
Rec. Director
Dave Hancock of Elkin has
been employed by the City of
Kings Mountain as the new
Director of Parks and Recrea-
tion.
Hancock will begin work with
the city the first week in August.
Elkin holds a B. A. degree
from High Point College and a
Master’s degree from the
University of North Carolina.
With 12 years experience, he has
been employed as Parks and
Recreation Director at Elkin
since March 1, 1983.
Darrell Whetstine has been
serving as interim director since
the resignation of George
Adams.
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Squad, $1,000. The budget in-
cludes $129,600. for N.C. sales tax
on electricity, down from
$138,025.; and administrative
services of $36,000., up from
$34,500. There is no capital outlay
projected in the electric depart-
ment budget since city officials
are intending to include those
Projects in a multimillion dollar
bond issue request to voters. Last
year capital outlay im-
provements were budgeted at
$305,590. in the electric depart-
ment and actual expenditures to
June 15, 1988 were $228,250. The
new budget estimates $40,000. in
bad debts and capital outlay
equipment of $20,000.
Mauney Memorial Library’s
operating budget is $81,483.,
down from their request of
$123,778. Salaries account for
$54,110. and supplies account for
$6,000., down from $12,600. Total
operating cost is budgeted at
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City Board Adopts 1988-89 Budget
Capital improvements at the
water plant include $20,500. for
equipment, $20,000. for im-
provements and $70,000. dam im-
provements for a total capital
outlay of $110,500. Salaries at the
Water Plant are $88,996., up from
$69,200.; professional services
are estimated at $10,000., up
from $6,000.; purchase of power,
$390,000.; maintenance and
repairs, $15,000.
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$132,000 is budgeted for salaries,
$40,000. for professional services,
$3,000 for travel and training;
$220,000. for purchase of power;
$25,000. for maintenance and
repair of equipment for a total of
$596,456.
Expenditures at the Pump Sta-
tion total $84,700. for salaries,
$15,000. for supplies, $48,000. for
purchase of power, $11,000. for .
capital outlay, for a department
total of $259,962.
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