The state needs to make a formal request, roughly itemizing costs such as rebuilding transportation infrastructure and homes, and paying for local
police and fire overtime.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Behind closed doors, Syracuse's Common Councilors didn't dispute Mayor Stephanie Miner's reasons for preserving
police and fire overtime, she said today.
The most controversial amendments including those to the Land Bank funding,
police and fire overtime - are short sighted and counterproductive.
Behind closed doors, Syracuse's Common Councilors didn't dispute Mayor Stephanie Miner's reasons for preserving
police and fire overtime, she said.
Not exact matches
Expenses that went over budget included
police and fire expenses, primarily
overtime costs, to the tune of $ 5.2 million dollars.
The council had scheduled a meeting Wednesday afternoon to discuss staffing
and overtime for the
police and fire departments.
The council has cut
overtime from Syracuse's
fire and police departments by $ 1 million each.
Also in the budget is a $ 1 million reduction in
overtime for the Syracuse
Fire Department — from $ 4.25 million to $ 3.25 million —
and a $ 1 million reduction in
police overtime — from $ 7.5 million to $ 6.5 million.
About $ 13 million dollars is being allocated in
overtime to the
police and fire departments.
The council well knows they are only symbolically cutting funding from the
overtime lines of
police and fire.