Yes, furloughs could save money while also preventing layoffs. 100 votes
No, city should instead look at all staff positions and eliminate those that aren't needed. 205 votes
No, city should cut services and programs before it cuts employee pay. 45 votes
350 total votes
Comments
cityworker 4 years, 2 months ago
What does a furlough do? A furlough allows you to quickly and some what comfortably cut money from the budget with out affecting employee's to much. Do you really think that Jon Roberts could come in and in the first three weeks know which positions are and aren't needed. With 4 hours out of our work week, our level of service isn't for the community isn't being cut to drasticly. However, this is going to save almost half of the 3 millon council has directed that Roberts cut. Once all this commotion settles down, then Jon Roberts will surely figure out what our staff needs are.
realfeel 4 years, 2 months ago
Now here is an employee "city employee" that could be eliminated for writing a post on a Monday morning on city time. Another good place to look is the last 5 years of new positions. I'm sure Jon Roberts will figure this out.
ybul 4 years, 2 months ago
Here is a real world example of a government funding crisis that was turned into a success story.
www.hillsdale.edu/news/imprimis/archive/issue.asp?year=2004&month=04
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