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Fargo staff brief commissioners on overtime: $31M over decade, $21.5M net after reimbursements
Summary
City finance and department leaders told the Fargo City Commission Monday that overtime pay totaled about $31 million over the last decade and, after excluding policy and reimbursed amounts, a net of roughly $21.5 million.
City finance officials and department leaders presented an analysis Monday showing the City of Fargo spent roughly $31 million in overtime pay over the past decade (staff noted the dataset covers 10–11 years). After removing compensations that stem from policy (holiday/on‑call pay) and amounts reimbursed to the city by outside entities, staff estimated the net overtime cost at about $21.5 million.
Susan Thompson, the city’s finance director, reviewed open‑records data and said about $5.7 million related to holiday/on‑call policy pay and about $4.2 million was reimbursed (for example, grant‑funded recovery and bill‑backs to users of services), leaving the net…
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