Link to August 13 Middleton Times-Tribune article.
Excerpt: Scaling back city services, shelving capital projects and requiring employees to take furloughs could all be considered, according to Mayor Kurt Sonnentag. Department heads were also instructed to look for additional funding sources. Another option would be the elimination of city staff positions.
"Effective immediately, department heads should withhold from spending in 2009 everything that is optional," stated the memo sent out by Davis. "Additionally, all one-time, as opposed to ongoing operational, expenses should be withheld from spending, whether for public safety departments or not." Department heads typically include decision items - which come with added costs - in their budget proposals. This year, they were informed the finance committee will not entertain such requests.
If I'd harbored any second thoughts during the past year about my retirement, they would have been immediately dispelled today.
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