There's a lot panic going on right now with the failure of 2C and passage of 300. Mayor and City Coucil recall petitions, people losing their jobs, funding for key industries like tourism being slashed.
Folks, there's a saying. Cut once, measure twice.
Before anything permanent is done, I urge everyone who has a shred of energy, thought and inclination to ask questions, do what you can to "stop the presses" as quickly as possible, and see what other alternatives have not been examined. The haste right now is scary and solutions that involve bureaucracy, tax dollars, and a whole lot of time is like telling someone who is about to have their arm chopped off that you are going to mail a letter to the hospital as soon as the arm is off so help will arrive. WE WILL BLEED TO DEATH BEFORE THE LETTER EVEN HITS THE MAILBOX!!
I hope someone gets my analogy. Please...someone...tell me I'm making sense to someone out there.
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There are many solutions our city will not consider to help the budget.
ReplyDelete1. Lower the pay of top management by 20%.
2. Put in place a HSA health policy for city workers.
3. Make worker premiums for PERA rise to cover the shortage the city must contribute to the state fund. Slowly faze out PERA for city workers and start a 401K retirement plan that is self sustaining instead of tax payer sustaining.
4. Utilitze the DASH buses that the city purchased on less full routes. They will save on fuel instead of cutting more routes.
4. Charge a rate for city buses, pools, sports, and community centers that covers the cost of each entity.
5. Outsource costly city endevors such as: snow removal, forestry work, street maintenance. The savings on personal and equipment would be enormous plus the public sector would see more jobs.
6. Let our current city manager go and replace her with a local person for $104,000 per year salary.