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January 01, 2008
City's Structual Deficit--Again,"Thinking Outside the Box"
Here is a list of budget item that should be consider when trying to fix the “structural deficit”, of the annual budget, which this Council and others have created over a substantial period of time.
I make these suggestions, knowing that the unions and City employees will provide hundreds of reason why they will not work—union and management contracts, difficulty in recruiting new workers etc., etc. etc.
Since the cost of overtime pay is in the millions of dollars, how about thinking of fire personnel working 12 instead of 24 hour shifts; police personnel working 8 instead of 10 or 12 hour shifts; reducing the number of vacation and sick leave days for all City employees? An in depth analysis will reveal the terrific savings that can accrue from these suggestions.
I also know making the above suggestions will take time; renegotiating union and management agreements, but the City needs to begin some realistic thinking if they are to make any inroads into its horrendous financial “structural deficit.
Stay tuned for further suggestions and explanations.
Posted by Fred at January 1, 2008 03:31 PM
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