Should White Plains hire an outside consultant to perform a staffing study?
The Citys Budget and Management Advisory Committee, chaired by Councilman Ben Boykin, has recommended a staffing study in its report to the Common Council for the last two years. From the Report of the Budget and Management Advisory Committee, issued in May 2007, the following is recommended under Departmental Studies: While many cost-cutting measures have already been adopted in the normal course of preparing this budget from the departmental level upwards, a more formal review of current programs and their respective priorities should be undertaken. Recognizing that salary and related benefit costs comprise 73% of the Citys operating budget, the Committee recommends that the City begin conducting studies in conjunction with the appropriate department heads, to review departmental staffing and organization as appropriate. The initial focus of these studies should be of the three largest departments which contain nearly eighty percent of the Citys workforce. We support the recommendati
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