06-02-10, Mike Mohill’s Suggestion to
the Glendale City Council, “BUDGETING: KEEP IT SIMPLE!”
It seems the role of
local government is full employment, even if it means cutting city services. Nobody gets fired, just transferred to another
department if an opening exists. Last
year at city council, I suggested the 15-10-5 plan and it fell on deaf
ears. I proposed the following: All
employees with an income of $200,000 plus take an immediate 15% pay cut,
employees income over $100,000, but less than $200,000 take an immediate 10%
pay cut. City employees with less than
$100,000 income take a 5% pay cut. This
method will allow the employees with the least amount of seniority to keep
their jobs. Otherwise, the seniority
system would prevail and the last hired employee would be the first fired. My suggestion encourages younger and ambitious
employees to keep their jobs and older employees continued employment.
At last night’s
Council meeting, to his credit, Mayor Ara Najarian requested from staff a more
in-depth discussion on the transfer of money from the city reserve account to
shore up the city’s $35 million shortfall.
About two years ago,
a city activist stated the projected shortfall was going to be $88 million from
the city budget document.
Budgeting: keep it
simple!
Mike Mohill