Posted:
05/09/2012 01:57:06 PM PDT
Updated:
05/09/2012 01:57:07 PM PDT
More than
50 City of Milpitas employees will be laid off, city departments and
programs reorganized, and parks and street maintenance work outsourced
in order to close a projected $9.2-million general fund shortfall next
fiscal year, beginning July 1.
During Tuesday's special Milpitas City Council meeting, Williams reiterated the latest cuts were unavoidable and beyond the city's control -- mainly due to the loss of redevelopment agency monies.
"This year has been the most painful and difficult in the history of Milpitas," Williams said. "For the last three years I've come before you and told you the same thing, but this year is the worst by far."
Based on the city manager's recommendations, the council voted 4-1 Tuesday, with Councilman Armando Gomez dissenting, to approve the city's total budget of $105 million for the 2012-13 fiscal year. The vote approves a $61.6-million general fund budget and adopts measures to reduce staff costs by $1.8 million based on employee attrition and reorganization of services among city departments; and implement layoffs of 52 positions (largely in Milpitas Employees Association and Milpitas Supervisors Association) through nearly all city departments. That represents about 14 percent of the city's full-time workforce.
The city says outsourcing will save $2.1 million annually.
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Posted by Steve Sinai
11 comments:
Good for them for having the courage to make those tough decisions. The problems are real
and the solutions will be painful.
Get on with it, Pacifica.
Did you hear about all the teacher layoffs? It is starting and the unions can't do anything about it and they know it.
No more money. Prepare yourselves. Be safe.
Anon@816, what are you talking about? Any specifics to go with your rumor? We brought this financial mess on ourselves and lots of people are working at ways to recover personally and as communities. It isn't Armageddon. Major letdown?
No armageddon, no end of the world, just bad news for all union employees. Life will go on, the weeds still need to be pulled. So get off your asses and learn another skill.
"...learn another skill." Anonymous 7:29 am
These layoffs affect real people, services to the city and working families. Displacement.
Then again, learning another skill may REQUIRE high-level skilled teachers and organizations which provide such professional training. However, these schools and student enrollments may be limited by lack of money due to the economic downturn. Surely you're not suggesting these valuable, skilled people should be wasted "pulling weeds"?
Aside from city and employee needs, more people out-of-work contribute to an ongoing downward economic spiral. The RW congressional majority knows that, yet they continue to protect the rich while sacrificing the middle-class and poor. BTW, have you retrained, learned another skill and become successfully employed at about the same pay level?
he milpitas police should be disbanded. theyre corrupt. they are constantly bankrupt. As far as outsourcing goes , the Milpitas police outsourced from the sheriff and state police long ago, the Milpitas police have made the city a terrible place to live. In constant threat of intimidation and the constant threat of extortion through being pulled over. They towed my van and had the nerve to charge me $350.00 to call a tow truck. Try just driving at night in Milpitas .
how do you think that the police department is going to increase revenue? tickets and fines thats how. Ive lived in Milpitas since I went to rancho. if you dont fit in with them , they profile you and make sure that you are arrested and charged with a felony.
Its not a revenue problem, its a city salary and wage problem.
So said a very very very wise man.
Who knowingly goes to Milpitas?
And Milpitas actually had an economy before the crash.
Anonymous said...
Who knowingly goes to Milpitas?
June 20, 2013 at 1:27 PM
Twice a family friend worked at the old Ford plant and we went on a tour with my class.
Once to check out the great mall, which isn't very great.
Wait, does driving through town on 237 count?
Sounds like ancient history. Wipe it from your memory. You're safe now.
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