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April 26, 2008
SIMPLE SOLUTION TO CHICO'S "STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT"
Since most of the City Council had support from the Police and Fire Unions, I’m surprised that they haven’t met with their friends and secured a simple solution to the City’s “Structural Budget Deficit”.
Agreements by the unions to change the working hours of the Fire and Police Departments would go a long-way towards solving the “Structural Budget Deficit” problem; change Fire Department personnel working 12 hours shifts instead of the present 24 hour shifts; and in the case of the Police Department change the shifts to 8 hours rather than the existing hourly shifts.
These two simple changes would provide a very substantial budget savings and would not require any lay-offs (and reduction in services) that have been discussed recently by the Council. Overtime could disappear and each department would have more than enough personnel, even with employee retirements.
Posted by Fred at April 26, 2008 09:08 PM
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