George A. Codding, Jr., Governing the Commune of Veyrier: Politics in Swiss Local Government, 1967.

Appendix B

VEYRIER'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1965*

(in Swiss Francs)

I. Income

Class of

Amount

Amount

No.

Income

Nature of Income

Budgeted

Received

1.

8

50% tax on voluntary sales

00.00

229.75

2.

10

Veyrier's share of the tax on

insurance companies

3,000.00

4,571.75

3.

11

50% cafe permits

300.00

308.00

4.

13

Yield from the fixed profes

sional tax

20,000.00

24,059.00

5.

14

Communal additional cen

times

400,000.00

589,535.95

6.

15

Veyrier's share of the profits of the Cantonal Mortgage

Bank

6,400.00

8,977.50

7.

16

Proceeds from rental of

communal buildings

10,600.00

11,100.00

8.

17

Proceeds from rental of

communal property

870.00

870.00

9.

20

Fines collected by the May

or's Office

1,000.00

1,520.30

10.

21

Proceeds from cemetery

concessions

500.00

4,275.00

11.

22

Miscellaneous receipts

5,000.00

5,963.90

12.

23

Proceeds from Registrar's

Office

20.00

57.50

13.

25

Road subsidies

00.00

14,500.00

14.

26

Proceeds from the public

scales

500.00

3,806.00

15.

27

Old age assistance (addi

tional centimes)

48,000.00

70,744.35

16.

28

Old age assistance (frontier

resident tax)

240.00

385.90

17.

29

Frontier resident tax

1,800.00

3,215.75

*From Compte rendu financier pour I'exercice 1965 el administratis pour la periode 1965-1966, pp. 20-21.

18.

30

Veyrier's share of payments made to the Services Indus-

triels

20,000.00

23,542.50

19.**

31

Public instruction tax

300.00

321.00

20.

32

Communal equipment sub

sidy

54,000.00

54,000.00

21.

33

Drainage tax subsidy

30,000.00

30,000.00

22.

34

Sport-Toto subsidy

00.00

5,000.00

23.

35

School furnishings subsidy

00.00

2,500.00

24.

36

Fire hydrant subsidy

00.00

200.00

Total Income .. 602,530.00 859,684.15

**A tax paid by individuals from neighboring communes who send their children to Veyrier's schools.

II. Expenses

Class of Amount Amount

No.

Expense

Nature of Expense

Budgeted

Spent

1.

2

Cantonal tax on communal

property

200.00

271.00

2.

3

Fire insurance

4,000.00

3,275.20

3.

4

Office expenses

7,500.00

6,537.05

4.

5

Salaries

15,840.00

15,455.00

5.

6

Purchase of printed matter

from canton

27.00

27.00

6.

7

Binding of laws

100.00

67.00

7.

9

Cattle inspector

150.00

150.00

8.

10

Cemetery administration

2,500.00

2,385.40

9.

11

Upkeep of fountains

500.00

882.00

10.

12

Fire protection

10,000.00

2,533.10

11.

13

Roads

140,198.00

140,192.10

12.

14

Garbage collection

30,000.00

29,021.30

13.

15

Water

1,500.00

1,170.95

14.

16

Street lighting

35,000.00

60,953.65

15.

17

Upkeep of buildings

15,000.00

15,512.20

16.

18

Heating of buildings

12,000.00

10,930.70

17.

19

Lighting of buildings

3,200.00

3,109.65

18.

20

School furnishings (plus a

2,500 subsidy)

5,000.00

7,185.00

19.

21

Salaries of concierges

18,000.00

18,295.00

20.

22

Public instruction

300.00

00.00

21.

24

Library

300.00

108.00

22.

25

School Prize Day

10,000.00

8,618.45

23.

27

Clocks

400.00

400.00

24.

28

Upkeep of firing range

491.00

490.90

25.

29

Telephone

1,600.00

1,540.60

26.

30

Debt amortization

71,106.00

71,105.15

27.

31

Interest on debt

127,484.00

127,483.45

28.

33

Unforseen expenses

10,000.00

23,154.05

29.

40

Expenses of the Registar's

Office

200.00

120.25

30.

41

Road subsidies

00.00

14,500.00

31.

42

Old age assistance

48,240.00

71,130.25

32.

43

Insurance policies

4,000.00

3,721.00

33.

44

Payments to federal old age and survivors insurance

fund

3,200.00

3,292.05

34.

45

Diverse

14,200.00

14,200.00

35.

46

Communal social services

10,000.00

10,000.00

36.

47

Civil defense

294.00

293.70

37.

"48

Sport-Toto subsidy

00.00

5,000.00

38.

49

Fire hydrant subsidy

00.00

200.00

Total expenses.. 602,530.00 673,311.88

(Excess of income over expenses in 1965 . . . 186,372.30)