Work session flags overtime costs from storm response; charging source unclear
Staff said employees worked storm‑response overtime not budgeted in the vacant‑properties account and asked whether those costs should be charged to Public Works or the 50‑worst program; officials discussed emergency pay classification and internal charging practices.
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Staff reported there was no separate line for storm overtime and raised the problem in plain terms: "So we didn't have a budget for overtime. And, currently, right now, staff has overtime that they work due to the storm." The committee probed whether those hours were emergency response and whether overtime billing belongs in Public Works rather than the vacant‑properties account.
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