[table id=37 /] Yes, that’s correct: on Planet CityofDeKalb, some employees get to accumulate comp time for years and years. And, yes: for management employees, the maximum payout is 60 DAYS.
Tag: local media
Aren’t DeKalb’s Finances Recovering Nicely?
What a lovely surprise. I can’t wait! I can’t wait for the rollbacks to begin of the tax and fee hikes our city council has approved since 2008 to keep afloat. Shall we start with the property tax, sales tax, restaurant and bar tax, hotel-motel tax, utility tax or the first gas tax hike? When…
Chronicle Misses the Mark with Corn Fest Parking Fees
In “Our View: Corn Fest fee to park is fair,” the Chronicle today makes the case for users of Corn Fest to help pay for it. The city provides, among other things, a location for the festival and police and emergency personnel in case something goes wrong. The emergency personnel are paid out of their…
Council in the Twilight Zone
Better late than never? Here are a few comments on the City of DeKalb meetings Monday night. Group Therapy When I switched on the Committee of the Whole meeting (admittedly not right at the beginning) there was an immediate feeling of disorientation. The mayor was complaining about a constituent taking up too much of his…
Star Covers Library Comments at Council Meeting
I see some of comments left at the Daily Chronicle website express puzzlement that Mac McIntyre hasn’t yet filed suit in the case of the DeKalb Public Library Board’s violations of the Open Meetings Act. Today the Northern Star sheds some light: Mac McIntyre, member of the Finance Advisory Committee, said the DeKalb Public Library…
Chronicle Covers Flood Buyout Factors. Sorta.
[Update 10/27: Somebody sent me an anonymous note — why anonymous? How odd for something like this — pointing out that some of these streets the mayor mentioned are in fact on the long range plan for property acquisition and suggesting I study the facts before blogging. Well, I did and I stand by my…