Aug 18 2006

Let's look at this ......." Mayor Larry Morrissey countered Cassaro’s assertion, saying the average AFSCME worker makes more than the average Rockford worker." from Tuesday paper...............BUT LOOK!!!......ASSISTANT CITY ADMINISTRATOR ...... Starting Salary: $63 - 96K commensurate with experience!!!!!!!!!! AND the City Administrator.............from the city budget......$23,000 increase!!!!!!!!!!!! more money + assistant= less work,more pay....... EMPLOYEES — THE CITY’S MOST IMPORTANT ASSET The City, like most local governmental units, provides services and can therefore be classified as a labor-intensive organization. Any organization that provides services can expect a substantial portion of its budget to be allocated for personnel costs. To help contain personnel costs, the City has taken several steps in the past to economize its use of personnel while maintaining service quality. These steps include: • eliminating inefficient or ineffective services; • improving the method of delivery for certain services; • contracting certain specialized and/or seasonal services to private contractors; and • adding certain key positions. This is straight out of the budget.......do you see where they plan to screw employees on benefits to "contain costs"????????? No? me either........ How does "the average worker " in Rockford feel about the pay in the Mayor's office??????????? average pay.........$85,000...... http://www.ci.rockford.il.us/uploadedFiles/government/Finance/Divisions/CentralServices/Mayor(2).pdf