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“I think we [the city council] agreed it was actually less expensive to pay overtime than pay new firefighters,” he said, explaining that between medical and retiree benefits, hiring more firefighters to reduce the potential overtime was not necessarily a better cost saving measure than just paying increased overtime. According to testimony during hearings, 212 firefighters would cost about $24.5 million, while 190 firefighters, including the budgeted overtime, would cost about $24.4 million.
No issue paying the OT by mayor Joey's administrations own admission. And the 100k savings, wow!!! Balance the budget with it, really????? All bad. Anyone working outside of the public sector would be paid overtime for anything over 40 hours. Not firefighters though. They fought for and had legislation passed to rectify that. Congrats guys, job well done! Peaceful assembly/protest has been part of this great country since the beginning. If the politicians who were elected and make derogatory or offensive statements can't take being called out about it, don't run for office. Or, make an educated, cognizant statement instead. But, alas, politicians usually do neither.......sad state of affairs
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