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Commissioners ask staff to study outsourcing and cross‑training as budget exercise
Summary
At a Sanford work session commissioners reviewed a staff outsourcing report and agreed to fold a cost/benefit review into the upcoming budget process, debating trade-offs on upfront costs, benefits, and impacts on city jobs and service quality.
Chair (S1) opened the work session by distributing a packet that included last year’s items and an outsourcing report the commission requested. Commissioner (S5) urged the city to reconsider outsourcing maintenance and energy‑efficiency projects, saying private contractors such as ABM had handled similar work for other municipalities and could reduce payroll burdens.
Commissioner (S3) described…
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