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Committee debates scaling back planning projects to ease staff workload and preserve core services
Summary
Committee members discussed reprioritizing community‑development projects such as the Talmadge concept plan and implementation tasks to reduce staff overtime and protect core operations like public safety.
Budget committee members spent part of the meeting urging staff to reduce project scope and focus to relieve overloaded planners and other department staff.
Multiple members said staff are working long hours; one councilor pointed to 60–80 hour workweeks for the city manager, economic development and finance staff. Committee members discussed delaying lower‑priority work such as…
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