It is easy to criticize, but sometimes it is necessary. Council feels it has to be all things, to all people, not so, when government cuts funding, it is not always necessary to pick up the slack.
The city is the largest employer, with the biggest payroll, a fleet of vehicles to boggle a person’s mind, and probably have the most waste. Any company, that would run their business as the city does, would have likely declared bankruptcy years ago.
We have to do more with less. It’s time that all contracts and job description are reviewed. Starting from administration, to the man on the shovel. There are whole departments we can do without. There are some I’m not sure what their purpose really is.
Staff can safely be reduced by 10 per cent, and middle management by 20 per cent. If the departments are unwilling to do this, perhaps it’s time an efficiency team was hired to do the job for them.
Staff wants a six per cent increase, to fulfill present commitments, if this is a ploy, and it only goes up one to two per cent, people will say ooh we are so lucky, it could have been six per cent. I don’t appreciate that. However if they really believe that, they are out of touch with reality, and have absolutely no concept of the present state of the economy.
Times are tough, and the future doesn’t look that good.
There seems to be a lot of infighting lately, especially with parks and rec. Dissension is a waste of time, and time is money.
Rose Pollock
