City of Waukesha 2010 Budget Attempts to Minimize Service Cuts with Pay Freeze

Link to September 28 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article, "Waukesha seeks employee pay freeze".

Excerpt: Waukesha's proposed 2010 budget would avoid significant service cuts and employee layoffs, provided the city's labor unions agree to new contracts with a one-year pay freeze.

The budget plan, which City Administrator Lori Curtis Luther will present to the Finance Committee at 7 p.m. Tuesday, assumes pay freezes for all other employees, whether elected, appointed or nonunion, as well. It would also continue the hiring freeze on civilian jobs already in place this year and keep about 16 jobs vacant.

About two-thirds of the city's 550 employees are unionized. If the freeze doesn't fly, Luther said, layoffs would be considered.