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Friday, October 10, 2008
Turner: ‘We never go looking for a free lunch’
In response to criticism of how much the Butler County Emergency Management Agency spends on meals at training workshops, EMA Director William Turner created the following report for County Administrator Tim Williams.
In it, Turner explains what the money is spent on, and lays out most of the recent training events (though not all, as the $900 spent at the Montgomery Inn Boathouse is not on the list). The total listed over the last 12 months: $12,554.25.
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County: Layoffs only the beginning
Butler County commissioners continued cutting jobs Thursday, announcing nine layoffs in Job and Family Services and the elimination of 20 positions. Here’s the story.
As often happens in this business, the story was trimmed for length. Here are the paragraphs that didn’t make it in the paper:
Some of these programs are already underfunded, (Job and Family Services Deputy Director Jerome) Kearns said, and more cuts will eventually impact service delivery.
“The needs of our community are going to go higher, but the state is reducing our allocation,” said County Commissioner Gregory Jolivette.
This follows an announcement in September that 10.5 positions will be cut in Children Services, 5.5 through layoffs. And the county is still mulling whether to hire an outside agency to scour the county budget for more staff cuts.
Here are the positions that are being laid off:
And here’s where a lot of this began. If you look at the blog entries around this date, you will see the full context of the debate back then on how county employees are paid.
Do you think the layoffs are the right course of action?
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EMA takes $900 working lunch
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Butler County commissioners were already varying shades of displeased with Butler County Emergency Management Director William Turner. And they are still waiting on a full report on what needs to be changed to prevent another string of mishaps as happened after Hurricane Ike hit.
So when they were asked Thursday to approve more than $1,000 in reimbursements for catered training workshops, they went off. Commissioner Gregory Jolivette:
“It seems like they say let’s go to lunch and while we’re at it, let’s have a meeting.”
Commissioner Donald Dixon:
“Based on the last performance that I saw, maybe we ought to do a little less eating and a little more training.”
Commission President Charles Furmon:
“That does sound exorbitant in my estimation.”
The reimbursements were for three training workshops. One was a $900 lunch at Montgomery Inn at the Boathouse, and two were at Washington Platform Saloon and Restaurant, totaling $344.25.
Turner said they try to keep the cost of food at these events at a minimum, but it is paid for with federal homeland security money.
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