A Tale of Two Cities
In today's budget environment, all City Managers are closely monitoring the actions being taken in other cities--particularly mid-sized cities in Northern California.
The City of Santa Rosa has been very assertive in addressing its $23 million budget gap. Like many cities, they have asked their labor groups to reconsider the cost of living adjustments due in their current contracts--as the alternate to ever-increasing labor costs is shrinking the labor force and drastically cutting services.
Follow this link to get the latest from Santa Rosa and their discussions with their public safety unions:
http://californiacitynews.typepad.com/californiacitynewsorg/2009/03/santa-rosa-ponders-payasyougo-911.html
While things seem to be going well in Santa Rosa, they aren't going as swimmingly in Salinas:
http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20090325/NEWS01/903250316/1002/NEWS01
The City of Santa Rosa has been very assertive in addressing its $23 million budget gap. Like many cities, they have asked their labor groups to reconsider the cost of living adjustments due in their current contracts--as the alternate to ever-increasing labor costs is shrinking the labor force and drastically cutting services.
Follow this link to get the latest from Santa Rosa and their discussions with their public safety unions:
http://californiacitynews.typepad.com/californiacitynewsorg/2009/03/santa-rosa-ponders-payasyougo-911.html
While things seem to be going well in Santa Rosa, they aren't going as swimmingly in Salinas:
http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20090325/NEWS01/903250316/1002/NEWS01
posted by City Manager @ 1:57 PM
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