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<br /> NO STAFF REDUCTIONS ANTICIPATED: <br />?In contrast to the previous two years, <br />no staff reductions are anticipated, although several new initiatives will improve <br /> <br />operating efficiencies and save taxpayer revenue. <br /> <br /> COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EMPLOYEES: <br />?Contracts with the City’s <br />collective bargaining units representing police, firefighters and other personnel have <br /> <br />yet to be reached. <br /> <br /> NON-BARGAINING EMPLOYEES: <br />?The budget includes a proposed 1.5 percent <br />salary increase for non-bargaining employees, who went 18 months without a raise at <br />a time when collective bargaining employees received previously negotiated raises. <br />(In addition, Mayor Stephen J. Luecke and many director-level employees took a <br />voluntary 5 percent pay cut for more than a year.) The modest increase for non- <br />bargaining employees occurs within the City’s budgeted dollars in order to restore <br /> <br />equity among all City employees. <br /> <br /> CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY: <br />?More than 80 percent of <br />the City’s 2011 General Fund budget is devoted public safety – Police, Fire and the <br />911 Communications Center – compared with 75 percent as recently as 2009. The <br />expanded funding has enabled the Police Department to bring its number of sworn <br />officers from 248 to full strength at 260 in eight months, with the Fire Department <br />reaching its full strength of 248 firefighters during 2010. Even though the City’s <br />General Fund budget is flat, the Police Department’s proposed 2011 budget will <br />increase 2.54 percent to $29 million, while the Fire Department’s will increase 3.27 <br />percent to $22.5 million. <br /> <br /># # # <br /> <br /> <br />