Once the city has moved out of city hall, I wonder if they will go back to the five day work week for administrators.
You might recall that the city manager wanted to save money by going to a four day week, thus saving the cost of heating and cooling that white elephant that we built in the late 1970’s.
City departments are now spread to the winds. The city web site gives us this information.
Now that the departments are no longer centralized is the utility saving argument still the one that will be used?
Or has this actually been about delaying requests for public information. The city has ten business days to respond. Not opening the offices on Friday gives them one extra day per week by their interpretation.
Maybe not being open on Fridays works to their advantage keeping the public from contacting city council. City council agendas are published late Thursday afternoon. Try to reach your city representative on Friday to discuss a concern you might have. A well raised concern might cause a city representative to look into a matter. As it is now, if you contact them on Monday there is little time left for a city representative to perform an inquiry.
Then we have the quality of life issue. Remember the lives that term refers to are the ones of city management. Several articles have been posted about that subject on this blog. If you have not read them enter “quality of life” in search box on the right side of this page.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Cato
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When the city went to a 4-day work week, were salaries reduced by 20% to account for that reduced work week? I’m guessing not. We should all be so lucky as to have a 4-day work week. Better yet, we should be so lucky as to have a job with the City or any of these local government entities. Any argument that they work longer hours on those four days is hogwash. Instead of complaining about the politicians in Washington, maybe we should first clean up (out) our own backyard.
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