{Charleston, West Virginia}...According to a report from the Charleston City Council, city employees earned more than $4 million in overtime for the 2012 fiscal year that ended June 30th. That's almost 5 percent of the total city budget. Most of the overtime went to the police and fire departments. And, despite efforts to rein in overtime, those costs ran $382,369 or nearly 10 percent over budget. City Manager David Molgaard says police overtime for special events and investigations is nearly impossible to predict, and the effect of massive overhaul in fire department pay policies is just starting to show up. Molgaard says he's not so concerned about the overtime. City workers earned $34.7 million in salaries and wages, but that was $1.8 million less than budgeted.Sunday, July 29, 2012
City Manager Not Concerned About Overtime
{Charleston, West Virginia}...According to a report from the Charleston City Council, city employees earned more than $4 million in overtime for the 2012 fiscal year that ended June 30th. That's almost 5 percent of the total city budget. Most of the overtime went to the police and fire departments. And, despite efforts to rein in overtime, those costs ran $382,369 or nearly 10 percent over budget. City Manager David Molgaard says police overtime for special events and investigations is nearly impossible to predict, and the effect of massive overhaul in fire department pay policies is just starting to show up. Molgaard says he's not so concerned about the overtime. City workers earned $34.7 million in salaries and wages, but that was $1.8 million less than budgeted.