Pink slips go out today, with some part-time jobs being eliminated immediately, and other layoffs beginning on September 6.
Meanwhile two unions (the Fraternal Order of Police and CODE - Cincinnati Organized and Dedicated Employees) are suing the City for more information.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer:
Union officials say the city's deficit isn't nearly as high as Dohoney claims and that employees shouldn't be laid off. CODE lawyer Bill Gustavson says the $12.6 million listed on an August city financial report as "unappropriated surplus" should be spent before anyone is laid off. But city officials say that money isn't real, it's a projection only on paper.
The unions asked in court this week that the city turn over a lot of financial documents so they can study them before an Aug. 31 hearing. City Solicitor John Curp said the documents are nothing more than "public records that are available to anyone. They'll have access to anything and everything that's available in the finance department."
A private auditor from Burke & Schindler, a Cincinnati accounting firm, has begun looking at the city's books also.
That's at the request of four members of Cincinnati City Council - Leslie Ghiz, Jeff Berding, Chris Monzel and Chris Bortz. They're the four in the minority on council and therefore do not have control of any council votes related to cutting the city's formerly $371 million budget. They sought the private audit to try to better understand the city's finances, in particular the projections on which the budget office sets expectations, Berding said.
And Laketa Cole is taking the same tack as Greg Harris did to me in a twitter earlier this week. Basically, they've said that if you don't have the facts, then you should shut up. Unfortunately, the facts aren't easily available to the every day citizen. I'm still waiting for Mr. Harris to send me a copy of the budget plan.
Here's more from the Enquirer:
She chastised fellow Democratic council candidate Tony Fischer on Wednesday after he held a press conference to unveil his budget-cutting plan he says would save the jobs of the 138 police officers scheduled to be laid off. He said he had to estimate some of his numbers since he's not a council member and doesn't have access to all the figures. Cole said there were flat-out errors, including that cutting pools wouldn't save money this year because they're already almost closed for the season.
"I wish he would get his facts straight," she said. "But his plan is better than what other council members are offering. You have the other members of council still pointing the finger. I have no idea what planet they're living on."
Laketa, maybe if you stop chewing gum, your brain might engage.
Meanwhile two unions (the Fraternal Order of Police and CODE - Cincinnati Organized and Dedicated Employees) are suing the City for more information.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer:
Union officials say the city's deficit isn't nearly as high as Dohoney claims and that employees shouldn't be laid off. CODE lawyer Bill Gustavson says the $12.6 million listed on an August city financial report as "unappropriated surplus" should be spent before anyone is laid off. But city officials say that money isn't real, it's a projection only on paper.
The unions asked in court this week that the city turn over a lot of financial documents so they can study them before an Aug. 31 hearing. City Solicitor John Curp said the documents are nothing more than "public records that are available to anyone. They'll have access to anything and everything that's available in the finance department."
A private auditor from Burke & Schindler, a Cincinnati accounting firm, has begun looking at the city's books also.
That's at the request of four members of Cincinnati City Council - Leslie Ghiz, Jeff Berding, Chris Monzel and Chris Bortz. They're the four in the minority on council and therefore do not have control of any council votes related to cutting the city's formerly $371 million budget. They sought the private audit to try to better understand the city's finances, in particular the projections on which the budget office sets expectations, Berding said.
And Laketa Cole is taking the same tack as Greg Harris did to me in a twitter earlier this week. Basically, they've said that if you don't have the facts, then you should shut up. Unfortunately, the facts aren't easily available to the every day citizen. I'm still waiting for Mr. Harris to send me a copy of the budget plan.
Here's more from the Enquirer:
She chastised fellow Democratic council candidate Tony Fischer on Wednesday after he held a press conference to unveil his budget-cutting plan he says would save the jobs of the 138 police officers scheduled to be laid off. He said he had to estimate some of his numbers since he's not a council member and doesn't have access to all the figures. Cole said there were flat-out errors, including that cutting pools wouldn't save money this year because they're already almost closed for the season.
"I wish he would get his facts straight," she said. "But his plan is better than what other council members are offering. You have the other members of council still pointing the finger. I have no idea what planet they're living on."
Laketa, maybe if you stop chewing gum, your brain might engage.
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I'm just appalled by this...I can't say strongly enough that budgets need to be cut elsewhere. What a horrifying mess.
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