I will be evaluating some of the different city departments and the salaries. The numbers are interesting, especially when it comes to upper management and the recent denial of a 3% COLA to the FOP.
Today we will look at the city department that has been squeezing everyone for their last penny, then turns around and blows it on entertainment and monster raises. Which confuses me. How do you give the finance director of a city a large raise like that ($10K) when we are NOT a for profit business? OH, that’s right, Mike still thinks he works at a corporation.
Of the 31 employees in the office, there are only 5 accountants, but 8 business analysts (that get better salaries then the accountants, go figure). It also seems the department pays the minions much less then the management and analysts. Finance spends over $2 million a year on wages.
What confuses me the most is that they have 8 business analysts. Is that normal for a city? What was it when Munson ran the show?
If the finance department wants to start cutting, I highly suggest they start in their department.
Here is the full doc: 2017-Wages