John Burnett
John Burnett
base cut except franchise general goes hope losing moves next revenue somebody tax tough water year
We're losing so much revenue from General Cable, ... Water and franchise fees are going way down and next year it's going to be worse. The only thing you can do is hope that somebody else moves in here or that the tax base goes up enough. I don't have a solution. I just know it's a tough deal. There's nothing else to cut except employees.
economic mankind passed point seems social
Essentially it seems mankind has passed the point of 'environmental sustainability' upon which economic and social sustainability depends.
acceptable agreed both compromise
they both agreed that was an acceptable compromise.
difficult
You never know how difficult it is under pressure.
budget eliminate knock looks maybe might overtime ton worth
There may not be a solution, but we've got like $200,000 worth of overtime in this budget and it looks to me like there would be some way we could knock some of that out. If we could, it might eliminate having to do away with people, or at least some of them. Maybe there's not a way, but that just looks like a ton of overtime.
definitely far
So far nothing's been cancelled, but it's definitely being discussed.
attending equals looking rigor
If you are looking at attending college, rigor equals success,
buses chief city limits reach
Chief Lawson would like to know without communication, food, water, enough buses and gasoline, how long would it take another American city to reach the limits of its compassion?