Property Tax relief starts hereCity government that grows 13% year-to-year costs us now and into the future
Position inflation - upgrading positions with new titles and salary - combined with COLAs of 3-5% that are above the rate of inflation means the biggest expense of government grows too much. This costs not just each year but future liability costs into the future.
Not one elected official questioned this growth in the last budget process.
The left column is the organizational chart from last year’s budget
The right column is the organizational chart from this year’s budget.
Note the extra layer of manager added
LAST year Admin
THIS year Admin with growth
LAST year Planning
THIS year planning with new layer in org chart
LAST year Streets Dept
THIS year's Street Dept with new layer
We have great employees in the city, but that doesn’t mean we create new positions to reward them. My opponents will try to say something like, “You’re not supporting the employees!” but the hard management decision is why did we expand the personnel cost of city government by 13% in one year and how is this sustainable for the city’s taxpayers going forward.