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Originally Posted by Cheese
Looks like ~9.2B
http://flobberworm.com/jennoyim/2011...expenses-2010/
They have talked for awhile about selling the Zoo, no real issue there as long as private money keeps it up...and discussion is under way on whether to close public libraries as well. That would cause the biggest issues, a lot of people use the computers and resources. |
I can understand not cutting public libraries because there is a benefit to them in terms of culture and education but instead of outright closing them - look into more effective hours of operation as well as which libraries are being utilized and which are not and make selective closures based on that information.
After that start looking at ways to reduce financial costs - just look at the city of calgary for instance - I would have no problem if they scaled back the garbage and recycle pickup to once every two weeks, the bins that they have are huge and I would imagine that 90% of the time they are half empty, especially if people are using the recycle/blue bins. I have never had any problem with smells after one week and for the times that I have forgotten to put the garbage out I didn't have any smells that I noticed either. It may sound drastic but when you are looking at a deficit of almost 10% of revenue - drastic changes need to be made.