Sentences with phrase «cutting police overtime»

Democrats want to use $ 35 million in bond premiums — essentially money generated by borrowing more than needed at higher interest rates — and cutting police overtime by reopening two closed police precincts and reducing the use of outside counsel.

Plans to increase sales tax estimates by $ 5 million and to cut police overtime by $ 5 million are not in line with historical trends, Barsky said.

Not exact matches

Both think police overtime is out of control and want to cut government waste.

Martins said Nassau could save more than $ 60 million by cutting overtime in the county police department and at the county jail in East Meadow.

But beyond vowing to examine the budget for waste and inefficiencies, they've offered only general proposals to reduce police overtime, eliminate patronage jobs and cut outside legal contracts.

Police overtime also was cut by $ 1.1 million, while firefighter overtime increased because of vacancies in the department.

The overtime cuts in his department did not come with more money in salaries, like the police department.

Amid recent cuts in overtime for police, Brown says Derenda's departure is not related to budget problems.

Police overtime also was cut by $ 1.1 million.

She said she would also like to boost the number of police officers patrolling city streets to combat crime and also cut down on overtime costs.

Officials are looking at whether work rules can be changed to cut overtime costs, whether higher - paid, veteran workers are receiving a disproportionate amount of overtime and whether it makes sense to hire more police officers rather than paying so much overtime.

The council has cut overtime from Syracuse's fire and police departments by $ 1 million each.

But Councilor Steven Thompson said the money cut for police overtime has been shifted to hire new officers.

The council well knows they are only symbolically cutting funding from the overtime lines of police and fire.

Miner said she made arguments in private to councilors that cutting overtime for firefighters would cost the city federal funding and that police overtime money couldn't simply be thrown at hiring new officers.