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Supervisors debate mayor’s request for 41.34 interim positions; sheriff urges filling jail posts earlier
Summary
The mayor requested exceptions to allow 41.34 new positions to start July 1; the budget analyst urged review during departmental budget hearings and the sheriff said many positions are already being covered on overtime and cannot be filled without committee approval.
The Budget & Finance Committee considered mayoral requests for interim exceptions to allow 41.34 full-time equivalent positions to begin July 1 and heard competing arguments over timing and urgency.
Budget analyst staff summarized the mayor’s exceptions request, noting the package would authorize about $4.3 million in annual salaries and would produce roughly $1.08 million in additional cost for fiscal year 2008–09 if exceptions are approved now. The analyst recommended the committee review each requested position during scheduled departmental budget hearings to provide a detailed recommendation for each exception rather than approve them en masse.
Nani Kolodemere of the…
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