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Mayor: part‑time layoffs would close pools, parks and events; city could face $11–$13M shortfall in 2026
Summary
Mayor Grant presented a department-by-department review showing the scope of part-time and seasonal employees and warned that collective-bargaining layoff rules mean cutting part-time staff would curtail summer programs and city services.
Mayor Grant presented a detailed breakdown on June 23 of how potential budget reductions would affect city services, saying collective bargaining agreements and layoff order rules mean that cutting positions could disproportionately affect part‑time and seasonal staff and the programs they support.
The mayor said the city’s part‑time wage bill in 2024 was roughly $3.3 million and that the city currently employs about 462 temporary and seasonal staff. She warned that citywide layoff rules in the three collective bargaining agreements would require eliminating part‑time/temporary staff before probationary or permanent employees, and that sequence would have broad service impacts. “When employees are laid off,…
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