Just so you all know.... if Steve Blair is voted in at the next city elections - he will be on the council for 4 more years. Did you you know, and I qoute, Steve Blair said that Fire and Police are "putting the City in harms way" - and he has "a real problem with that". See More: The very last line is paraphrased from the the meeting where Blair actually says that Police and Fire are "putting the City in harms way". Also, the lines leading up to that show how the cost to fund Police and Fire retirements are the reason the entire city workforce will not get raises this year.... trying to pit the city against Public Safety. See Excerpts from meeting: Special Meeting – January 8, 2013 Page 10 retirement collected. It is done by entity in the retirement system.The history of our departments and the employee base we have is driving the change in the City of Prescott. It is based on our actual experience , Ms. Zelms said. Councilman Lamerson said they are dealing with unions. It is importa nt to remember this is just a little piece of the world. We need to rea ch out to our legislators. Some amenities may come to a stop because the state forces us to spend money elsewhere. When we go into the budget we are going to have to be leaner. Councilman Blair said the increase is on the bottom line of the General Fund. Mr. McConnell said this translates to over $400,000 spent last year and $500,000 for this year and we have not been able to offer a cost of living increase or a merit increase to our employees. We do not have $1 million to compensate employees because of this number. We are going to have to cut services somewhere. These cuts harm the community.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:31:37 +0000
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