Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Huntington Mayor-Elect: Hiring, Purchasing Freeze, no Taxes, Layoffs

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. --- A hiring freeze and purchasing freeze will be put into place soon after Huntington Mayor-Elect Steve Williams is sworn into office.

Williams hasn't determined what kind of across-the-board spending cuts will take place but he says there will be no layoffs.

He also says there will be no tax increases, calling that the "easy way out," he went on to say, "some would say that is the tough decision to make but that is the one thing we've learned the last four years, you can't throw money at a problem."

He will assign people to audit and take a closer look to ensure all city revenues, like business and occupation taxes are being collected.