I have been very disappointed in Mayor Irons and the city council's lack of effort in making city government more efficient. There may be something going on that is not being publicized but all I see is more convenience and spending for city government and inconvenience and misuse of tax money. Higher water rates, talk of charging for not recycling, etc etc, inconveniences to citizen taxpayers.
I can't see where there has been any cuts in the numbers of city employees and vehicles being drive by non service employees. I'm not talking about police, fire, street, utilities, and other services, but all these other trucks and cars and suvs with supervisors and clerks driving all over town burning gas and requiring maintenance. Get rid of these luxurious pickup trucks and either pool vehicles or pay mileage to employees instead. At least study these options, and for god sakes buy cheaper gas efficient vehicles and less of them.
I don't mind paying for services and even higher water rates as long as the city tightens their belts and make departments more lean by reducing number of employees and expenses by city departments. I would imagine there is alot of fat in administration in all city departments. At least look into it and issue findings.
Or give me all the information and I'll tell you how to make taxpayer money well spent.
It's time you city council members provided some oversight instead of a green light to every spending project and land speculation that comes along. It's time the taxpayers of Florence were your constituency and not city employees. At least publicly provide data and tell us this is not the case. And please no creative justification reports.
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