Colorado Springs To Cut 90 Municipal Jobs By 2009

http://www.EmploymentCrossing.com The city of Colorado Springs, Colorado is informing 90 employees they will lose their jobs in 2009, due to budget cuts. The five percent headcount reduction will affect all city departments, including the city attorney, clerk, budget and finance, information technology, land-use review, engineering, transit, traffic engineering, parks, fleet, public communications and city management offices. There also were layoffs in the municipal court and among civilian police and fire positions. The cuts will save $4.8 million to $6 million annually. The city has been struggling with a $23 million revenue gap caused by falling revenues and some expenses that cannot be curtailed, such as a payment to police officers for overtime resulting from a federal lawsuit. "The city will assist employees whose positions are being eliminated by offering them interviews for any city job for which they are qualified and offering training opportunities for resume writing and for interviewing skills," the city said in a press release.

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[BlackbirdSpecOps]

@PikesPeakOcean Nothing superior about it but you could just use some common sense and figure it out instead of posting dribble.

[PikesPeakOcean]

@BlackbirdSpecOps, Wow I had no idea how superior you are

[BlackbirdSpecOps]

@PikesPeakOcean Another one who knows nothing about this. Marshal and LandCo had several liens, two lawsuits, and a foreclosure against his company. You too, may want to research before you post. Marshal is also in pretty tight with Rivera. So PPO, no it's not the City of Colorado Springs' responsibility to pay the contract but the developer building or remodeling the project. Some people just can't seem to grasp the concept of putting one and one together.

[PikesPeakOcean]

@BlackbirdSpecOps Tony is Right

[BlackbirdSpecOps]

Tony, as usual you always make assumptions. It's not the City of Colorado Springs, it's the developer who is responsible for payment to keep current with the contract. Do a little research before you go shooting your mouth off.

[tonytonytee]

if the city of colorado springs did not give the usoc 53 million to stay in colorado springs they could have kept those employees. mismanagement by the mayor and city council caused this, not taxpayers.