[Durham INC] [pac2] County & City responses to economic downturn

[Mike - Hotmail]

I agree with Reyn on this.

Dr. Jarrett's proposal is an interesting one and I'd wonder just how much 
the City and County would actually save from such an action and what it's 
long term affect on their individual staffs would be in the long run.

In the meantime,  I believe in both our Managers' capabilities and expertize 
in the budget process and their ability to understand where departmental 
adjustments might be implemented.

Cutting salaries ought to be just a short step away from cutting jobs from a 
managements perspective,  but the alternative of creating a more efficient 
and productive operation focusing on core services is a much better 
priority, in my opinion.

Mike Shiflett




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelly Jarrett" <kjj1 at duke.edu>
To: "PAC2" <pac2 at yahoogroups.com>; <inc-list at durhaminc.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 10:50 AM
Subject: [pac2] County & City responses to economic downturn


>I hear that the County is requesting its departments to cut their
> operating budgets by 10%. The City is also contemplating cuts. Like most
> of us, I am concerned about the implications of these cuts, especially
> what they will mean for City & County employees as well as availability
> of and access to services for Durham residents.
>
> I hope that job preservation will be the highest priority. As a job
> preservation strategy, I suggest that budget cuts begin with salary
> reductions starting at the top: 5% reductions of all salaries over
> $50,000 a year; 10% reduction of salaries over $100,000; 15% reduction
> of salaries over $150,000. This should provide some significant cost
> savings, leave highly paid employees with adequate salaries to live on,
> and preserve the jobs of  less well compensated employees--those such as
> food stamp and medicaid workers, entry level social workers, and
> front-line staff who are actually providing the services that are in
> high demand during economic hard times.
>
> Kelly J.
>
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